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What goes into the decision to join the U.S. Army during a time of war? For one young man this was the perfect time, maybe his only time to fight for a country for which he is proud. Aaron Gauthier, son of David and Terrie Gauthier of Bridge City, was married, ma-

joring in History at college and running his own tax busi-ness when his long time fasci-nation with history and war came to a head.

“I had spent so much time talking to old World War II veterans and felt like I wanted to do it. It seemed like the right thing to do for my coun-try. After talking with them I had such a great respect for

them. I thought, ‘If I don’t it now, when?’” explained Gauthier recently.

By October 2007, that mind set had catapulted Aaron into the Infantry division of the Army and stationed him in

Germany. The 24 year old hus-band, son and father was on his way to experiencing histo-ry in the making. From Ger-many he was deployed to Af-ghanistan where the experi-ences of war were no longer

tales of old men but realities of his every day life. His wife, Abigail, who was supposed to be stationed with him in Ger-many had yet to have all her paperwork cleared to do so. Unlike other army wives who

received updates from the field, Abigail’s experience was turning out to be different as well.

“I didn’t tell her anything,”

Americans are hungering for ways to lose weight. For one Bridge City man that hun-ger turned into more than just a dream but a reality. Drue Degeyter found himself at age 25 weighing upwards of 285 pounds.

“I never really saw myself as a big person,” he said. “I rec-ognize it now when I look at photos from before,”

He had dealt with his weight most of his life but didn’t con-sider it to be problematic. All that changed however a year and a half ago when his young-er brother decided to join the Air Force and was told he would have to trim down from his 330 pounds to 190 pounds to get in.

“My brother lost the weight he needed to join and told me I could do it,” Degeyter said. “He said I had better self con-trol than he did so he knew I could do it too.”

Since that revelation in June of 2010, Drue has lost more than 100 pounds. His success is one many would like to mir-ror.

Drue grew up in Port Nech-es but now lives with his wife, Stephanie, and their blended family of three children in

Bridge City. at Finding him-self 5’8” and not too far away from 300 pounds, Drue had no energy and couldn’t keep his breath with even a slight exer-tion. At the time he decided to start working on his weight he was working 12 hours a day, seven days a week. As wisdom would dictate he made the choice of starting his venture with a visit to a doctor.

The doctor started with a shot of B-12 per week. The purpose of this was not only

for increased energy but also increased his metabolism. Many people do take these shots but fall short of reaching their goal of major weight loss.

“Most people do not follow the food plan with the shots, I chose to,” explained Drue.

That was a significant strat-egy that helped him gain his success. “I cut back to 1500 calories a day and no more than 15 grams of fat,” he in-cludes that meant no more fast food and zero sugars, a diet he still follows. “It’s really

a change in lifestyle. If I ate fast food now it would prob-ably make me feel sick.”

Following this shot and diet plan the weight started to come off. He dropped approx-imately 40 pounds. His next step was an obvious one; exer-cise. He joined Exogyen at the beginning of 2011 and then Anytime Fitness in March. “That’s when the weight really started to just drop off,” ex-plained Drue.

Prior to his tremendous

An unexpected hot topic at Monday’s Orange County Commissioners Court was an agenda item concerning clos-ing the county offices from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 16 for Christmas luncheons so all employees could partici-pate.

Judge Carl Thibodeaux said the county used to have one large luncheon for the entire county, but that it became dif-ficult to coordinate because it was so large. He said that kind of went away and each depart-

ment started doing their own thing. They started coordinat-ing the time for the Christmas luncheons three or four years ago, so that there wouldn’t be

erratic closings of different of-fices.

Commission-er Precinct 4 Jody Crump op-posed the clos-ing of the coun-ty offices and

suggested the employees could hold their gatherings after 5 p.m. when offices would al-ready be closed.

Thibodeaux said, “I’m gon-na disagree with you. We’ve got 52 weeks out of the year. If we can’t afford to close this county for two and a half hours for the employees to en-joy a luncheon together, then we’ve got issues.

When Thibodeaux asked if anyone else had any discus-sion, three Orange County cit-izens; Trudy Pellerin, Kathy Covey and Cullen Smith all spoke up in opposition of the Christmas closing.

“I just have a few questions since I’m one of the ones that showed up when the doors were closed,” said Pellerin. “I know your saying the purpose is having a gathering and get-ting together to enjoy their company together. Can we do that not at the tax-payers ex-pense? Because you’re essen-tially giving them an hour and a half with pay and I under-stand that’s not a lot, but when you just went up almost four percent on the tax rate, that does add up.” She agreed with Crump about celebrating after 5 p.m. She said some people only have their lunch hour to take care of county business.

Orange County celebratesInternational Credit Union Day

On Oct. 20, credit union members around the world will cel-ebrate International Credit Union Day, an event to commemo-rate the credit union movement’s impact and achievements. In honor of this special day, several Orange County credit unions invite their members and the community to a few gatherings this week.

“We celebrate this every third week in October,” Jana Achord, CEO of the Firestone Community Federal Credit Union, said. On Friday, Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to noon, Firestone will offer re-freshments and goodies for members or anyone who wants to join the credit union.

Sabine Federal Credit Union also celebrates International Credit Union Day annually and will be doing so on Thursday at

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Aaron Gauthier: A hero comes home

Aaron Gauthier returns home after a historical venture in the armed services. Gauthier was injured while stationed in Afghanistan. He is pictured with his wife, Abigail and his two children, daughter Amy and son Jaxon. RECORD PHOTO: Darla Daigle

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H  Gisela Houseman gets roasted in Bridge City  H

The seventh Orange County Celebrity Roasted hosted by the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce Roast will honoed Gilsela House-man, owner of Tony Houseman Homes and Houseman Companies. The roast was held Thursday in the Community Center. Roast-ers included Dr. Jimmy Simmons, president of Lamar University in Beaumont; Evelyn Lord, former mayor of Beaumont; Betty Har-mon, retired executive director of the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce; and Debbie Means, Houseman’s oldest daughter. Houseman is well known throughout the community not only for her and her late husband’s business, but also for her philanthropic work in Southeast Texas. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

Drue Degeyter, from Bridge City, realized at living at 5’8” and weighing 285 pounds at just 25 years old was no way to live. He took matters into his own hands and diligently worked to lose over 100 pounds.

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the branch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Credit unions are not-for-profit financial cooperatives that provide an effective and viable alternative to for-profit financial institutions for more than 184 million members in 97 countries worldwide. They exist to serve their members, providing a safe place to save money and access affordable loans.

Since 1948, International Credit Union Day has been cel-ebrated annually on the third Thursday of October. Each year, the international event affords the opportunity to re-member credit unions’ proud history and promote aware-ness of and support for the credit union difference. This year’s theme, “Credit Unions Build a Better World,” cele-brates the important economic and social contributions credit unions make to their commu-nities worldwide. It also aligns cooperatively owned and con-trolled credit unions with the greater cooperative business sector and the United Nations, which will launch the Inter-national Year of Cooperatives 2012 later this year.

Credit unions are recog-nized as a force for positive economic and social change and have provided signifi-cant value in both developed and emerging nations. Inter-national Credit Union Day is sponsored by World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), the international trade associ-

ation and development agency for credit unions worldwide, and numerous national credit union trade associations and federations around the world.

In the U.S., credit unions are committed to providing a safe and affordable alternative to predatory payday lenders. Credit unions are always look-ing for opportunities to bring underserved communities into

a mainstream financial insti-tution, providing access to af-fordable services.

On Oct. 20, credit unions from around the world will be celebrating the day with pa-rades, festivals, contests and open houses.

For more information about events your credit union, visit their website or give them a call.

Bridge City’s Firestone Community Federal Credit Union doesn’t only provide friendly faces but also friendly service. Picture, feft to right: Amanda Carriere, Jerica Johnson and Crystal Vidrine.

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Kathy Covey questioned the cost of the closing. “A few weeks ago Mr. Thibodeaux looked me in the eye and said we’ve cut every-thing we can possibly cut and next year we are going to do better. So, even these little cuts make a difference. I don’t mind ya’ll get-ting together or anybody getting together whenever you want to on your time. I hate to pay for you to go out and eat when I don’t get invited,” said Covey.

“You’re more that welcome to come,” said Thibodeaux.

“I think ya’ll are misunderstanding,” said Thibodeaux. “It’s not costing the county any-thing to do this. These employees are already getting paid, it’s not an extra expense and we’re not buying their lunch, they are buying their own lunch. The only cost to the county is if somebody is coming to buy their license plate and they can’t buy their license plate at that time. This is not increasing the expense of the county. This is being made a simple thing into a major expenditure, but it’s not, because it doesn’t cost the county anything,” said Thibodeaux. “The only thing is it might cause an inconvenience. It’s not costing you or anybody an extra penny.”

Smith challenged Thibodeaux, “I just want to clarify this; If they’re taking a two and a half lunch and they do get I presume one hour off non-paid, so in effect there is money that went out the door. They are being paid to not work; therefore, there is a cost. Would you agree with that?”

“There’s not an increased cost,” said Thibodeaux.

“It is a cost, yes or no,” said Smith.“It’s not an increased cost,” said Thibodeaux.“It is an increase in cost if you’re paying

someone that is not there to do the work,” said Smith.

“No we’ve not hired someone to replace them when they’re not there,” said Thibodeaux.

Smith accused Thibodeaux of “fuzzy math.” Smith and the women were talking “hourly”

pay. The county employees’ pay is based on a “yearly salary” that is budgeted; which is what Thibodeaux was trying to get across to the citizens.

Commissioner Precinct 1 David Dubose said the county has great employees and he felt they deserved the time for the luncheon and called for a vote. The motion passed 4 to 1 with Crump being the opposing vote.

In other business Monday, the court recog-nized the Sabine River Authority for provid-ing labor and materials to repair the fishing pier at Bluebird Fishing Camp. “They have been a tremendous partner with Orange County in developing areas our outdoorsmen can enjoy. Not everybody has a boat. I lot of people like to fish and just don’t have the means to get out on the water.” Thibodeaux said the SRA build new boat launches at the camp about eight years ago and now they have repaired all the damage to the pier. “They have been instrumental in helping Or-ange County move forward on providing fish-ing piers for the citizens of the county and for also providing boat launches, so I commend them for a job well done and for the money their investing in Orange County.”

The county also put the burn ban back in effect on the recommendation of Emergency Management Director Jeff Kelley. Kelley was also authorized to look into the possibility of grant availability in the next two years to re-move distressed trees that may die and be-come hazards because of the draught.

Tina Barrow, the election administrator was given permission to hire the part time employees needed for the upcoming election. Ten students from Lamar State College-Or-ange have signed up to volunteer during the election, reducing the number of employees to be hired.

The court also authorized payments of $21,652.83 to U.T.M.B, $34,312.24 to S.E.T.R.P.C., $68,641.00 to OC Economic De-velopment Corp. and $158,257.25 to McInnis Construction for the Adult Probation facility.

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Lutcher Stark Bengal Guards to meet Oct. 21The Lutcher Stark Bengal Guards, years from 1935 to

1944,  will have their monthly meeting on Friday, Oct. 21. The meeting will start at 11 a.m. at The Sunset Grove Country Club on 2900 W. Sunset Drive in Orange.

All members are urged to attend. For further information call 409-883-6161.

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said Gauthier referring to what he was experiencing in combat, “I didn’t want to give her reasons to worry. I was over here, she didn’t have to be.” For Abigail, her husband’s choice was a source of pride. “I can’t say I was really shocked when he decided to join. I ac-tually felt a mix of emotions. He was always into history. It was just an honorable thing for him to do.” She expressed the obvious, that those not in combat still worry, “I chose to not worry about anything else but my family, that was my priority.”

As Aaron fought in Afghan-istan and continued the push to get his wife closer to him in Germany, 20 months went by. Their daughter, Amy, was growing and life was going on at its normal pace as life will do in times of war or peace.

That life, as it was and as he knew it, for Gauthier was abruptly changed. November 2008, while holding a sniper’s position, the unit with which he served came under RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) attack. Though the RPGs ini-tially were only hitting around them they were getting closer. Gauthier’s instincts kicked in and he dove away from the sniper’s position falling 15 feet to a solid, rocky crevice below the point. His life was spared by seconds; his shoulder, el-bow and ankle were not.

“The fall dislocated my shoulder, broke my elbow and my ankle. I was also knocked unconscious for an undeter-mined amount of time,” Gauthier explained.

The months following his combat related injury were not simple. It took months to de-termine the extent of the inju-ry to his ankle which has left him using a cane at the ripe age of 27. “I have had two sur-geries. It would take more to try and repair it any more and there would be no guarantee,” explained Gauthier when asked if his disabling injury

was permanent. His shoulder also still has range of motion issues. In his unit or 42 only 30 remained. Four had died and 8 were wounded.

During those months of limbo and pain, Gauthier took a desk job. Abigail finally made the move through red tape to Germany. Their time there was wonderful for their family. “Being in Europe was a great experience for our fami-ly,” smiled Gauthier with Abi-gail in full agreement. The history loving American visit-ed many of the places the World War II vets saw in their day. They also added another member to their young crew with the birth of a son, Jaxson who is now 19 months old.

Less than a month ago, this family of four, walked into Gauthier’s mother and father’s back yard. They took a thirty hour trip home, a month ahead of schedule, without letting the family know. Their hope of it being a surprise was not in vain, “I think I about gave my dad a heart attack,” smiled Gauthier. “And then I heard mom and Victoria (Aaron’s younger sister) screaming from inside the house, ‘It’s Aaron. It’s Aaron!’”

Gauthier is happy to be home. The army made the de-cision to retire him because of the effect of his injuries.

So what does the future hold?

“We have thousands of op-tions and we are keeping them all open,” explained Gauthier. “Right now, I plan to look at getting a job and getting back in school. I can take my time going to school.

“Texas is a great state to live in when it comes to the mili-tary and college.” Gauthier is referring to the Hazelwood Act that grants 158 college credit hours to military per-sonnel combined with the 36 months of free school through the GI Bill. With those credits in mind, Gauthier said his original plans haven’t really

changed. “A master, then a Phd. in

History, ultimately become a professor of History. I want to do that when I am older, I don’t really want to be a young pro-fessor.”

He admits there has been psychological struggles that are typical of the residue of seeing combat. “I’ve seen plen-ty of guys that come home and aren’t able to function at all. I have even helped some of them.” The couple admit there were times it was tough on their relationship. The divorce rate remains high among en-listed who have seen combat.

“We have just stayed open with each other in every-thing,” Gauthier said. Abigail agrees, “We talked about ev-erything and used things we learned in premarital counsel-ing.”

“I am happier than I have been in a long time and our marriage is stronger than ever!” Gauthier said, as he hugged Abigail’s shoulder.

Not many soldier stories can end on an up note. Gauthier is permanently injured, still will deal with insurance issues and red tape, but is also to be awarded with the Army Com-mendation Medal or Arcom presented only to members of the armed forces who distin-guish themselves by an act of heroism, extraordinary achievement or meritorious service which has been of mu-tual benefit to a friendly na-tion and the United states.

It was determined Gauthi-er’s standard of excellence and heroism meets this criteria. Humbly his perspective is, “I am not in great shape, but I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything. ‘Yea America!”’ he added. Abigail smiled and said, “He is doing great, but it’s been a long process.

“He got the war– the experi-ence– he wanted but we are so grateful to be home.”

We as society do honor and welcome him home.

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weight loss he suffered not only with trouble breathing during exertion but severe pain to a knew that was injured in high school and later crushed in an accident. Now weighing between 165 and 178 the knee pain is gone and his stam-ina has increased exponentially. Working with a trainer to guide him in what exercises would best serve him, Drue works out at least four times a week. He has a set regimen that includes upper body and cardio. He now has chosen to partake in work out supplement called Muscle Pharm and Muscle Tech’s Thermogenic. These are big in the UFC arena.

Anytime Fitness entered Drue in a franchise-wide competition touting weight loss and phys-ical improvement. Though he didn’t win, he was recognized by the club and considers it an honor.

“If I can be an inspiration to anyone that’s a reward in itself,” Drue said. “I can play with the kids without getting out of breath.”

He also says that many people were a part of the process.

“My family encouraged and supported me a lot.”

People who hadn’t seen him reacted with shock and awe, and looking great for his wed-ding this past June were all just indirect satis-faction from his hard work.

“The hardest part is just getting up and doing it,” Drue said. “You just have to force yourself.”

He should know. For a year and a half, he has been an example of what to do to lose weight, to persevere, to be successful at something many Americans have striven to do themselves.

He feels great, he won’t give up. He will never go back. It is now his way of life. He looks for-ward to applying for new jobs and being able to be the person he has become now, to tell them what he has accomplished. It is a tremendous accomplishment and one many will feel in-spired by, which is exactly what Drue wants.

On Satuday, 48 sixth grade students from Bridge City Middle School competed in the Or-ange County Livestock Art Contest held in Mau-riceville. Several area middle schools also partic-ipated in the event as well, with well over 150 en-trants.

Above: Aaron Westlund, Sean Cothern, Jace-lynn Price and Jacey Broussard are displaying their artwork and their Honorable Mention Rib-bons.

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From the Creaux’s NestLET THE WINDS BLOW

Well, I believe we can say goodbye to summer. The northwest blew in at a good clip and the temperatures dropped 30 degrees. It makes for high fire danger. My birds are all gone. I wondered if it was just my birds so I contacted Joyce Dowdle, who feeds many varieties in a homemade feeder made out of an old satellite dish. I stole her idea about the feeder but she tells me her birds are gone also. Where did they go?*****Good luck to the Lit-tle Cypress-Mauriceville Bears at homecoming. The game of the week will be the shootout between the Bridge City Cardinals and West Orange-Stark Mustangs Fri-day night at Dan Hooks stadium. I wouldn’t bet on this one but whoever wins will take a big step towards the dis-trict championship. It’s been many more years than I can remember since Bridge City beat the Mustangs but they have their best shot in years.*****I’ve got a lot of ground to cover. Load up and come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

EXTREMIST SAY NO TIME FOR CHRISTMAS

By and large, local governments do a good job of ad-ministrating and keeping a good work force of dedicated employees. No one does better at it then our county government, so it was shocking to many when a politi-cal party called for the annual two and a half-hour de-partment Christmas party be done away with. Republi-can chairperson and Orange County Tea Party found-er, Trudy Pellerin, put it this way in her presentation to the court. “This is like a thorn in my side.” Cullin Smith said, “Employees are getting paid to work.” This all stems from employees bringing a covered dish, drinks, etc. and sharing the Christmas spirit together for a little while. To object to that is carrying radical views to an extreme. I’m afraid this won’t be the last time the ob-structionist will be trying to intimidate. It’s their M.O. You know, just say “NO” even to the silliest argument. It was no surprise to me as I’ve been observing Commis-sioner Jody Crump’s actions since he took office. The Tea Party in Vidor, where their base is, elected Jody over a weak candidate and now he’s beholden to them. It seems to me, the Tea Party sets his agenda and he car-ries it out. No doubt they have their hooks in him. I don’t believe, on his own, Jody would vote to take away an em-ployee Christmas party. I suspect this won’t be the last time you hear from these folks on the most minute things and Jody will keep carrying their water and voting no to everything they want him to. Just like he did on the agenda item. It’s a move to disrupt a smooth running court. I hope it’s not a sign that we are going back to times of past years when meetings lasted three or four hours with nit-picking and accomplishing little. We commend Commissioner David Dubose, who recently switched to the Republican Party. He expressed the views of the main-stream Republican establishment. It was a non-issue that should have been without regards. Jody would have ex-pressed the same views if he could have. Just watch how he votes you’ll get the picture.

OUR CONDOLENCES

Ray Granger, 82, died last week on Oct. 12. He was a true native of Orangefield, born during the oil boom on July 27, 1929. Ray headed up maintenance at OFISD for 39 years. What many don’t know is that he was mainte-nance for Orange County for several years over 50 years ago. His job was subject to who was county judge, which changed every four years. When offered the job at OFISD, he took it. Ray was a very talented guy who could build or fix almost anything. He was a longtime friend. Our deepest sympathies go out to wife Laverne, sons Mi-chael, Daren, brother Lee Roy and sister Ida Lou and all of their families. He was a good, honest man. May he rest in peace. Please see obit.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME

8 Years Ago-2003A $11.5 million bond passes in Orangefield by a land-

slide. The votes counted were 1,075 for and 417 against. The McLewis community had defeated the last two at-tempts to pass this bond. In this election they voted 153 for and 198 against. *****Former governor and good friend to Orange County, Preston Smith, dies at age 91. During his tenure as governor, several of our citizens served on state boards. That was before Orange County was disenfranchised through the gerrymandering redis-tricting by Rick Perry, following the orders of Tom De-Lay. *****“Bushwhacked” printed by Random House, is still number nine on the bestseller list. Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, who by the way, is John Dubose’s nephew, wrote the book. *****I bet you didn’t know that Judge Carl Thibodeaux is a cousin of singer Jimmy C. Newman, of “Big Mamou,” which also is the birthplace of the Judge. *****Johnny Carson turns 78 on Oct. 23 and Dwight Yo-akam will be 47 on the same day. ***On Oct. 24, the “Rag-ing Cajun” James Carville reaches 59. ***Reagan Dugas celebrates his day Oct. 29. (Editor’s note: What became of Reagan?)*****Anna and John Conway celebrate their 50th anniversary Oct. 23. *****Former Dupont plant man-ager and county judge candidate Frank Riddick, 71, passed away. Frank had traveled the world and was a

community leader. *****Debbie Fusilier, longtime Op-portunity Valley News and Record employee, celebrates her birthday Oct. 24. She started work for the Dunn fam-ily at age 15. (Editor’s note: Deb is retired now but is avail-able to pinch-hit if we need her, which is good to know.)*****Robert and Liz Lieby Brown are proud par-ents of triplet boys, Brad, James and Chris. They were born Oct. 18 in Houston after Liz was transported by air from St. Mary’s. One boy weighed in at three-pounds, the other two tipped the scales at two and a half pounds. *****Miss Ruby Pickard was already under the weather when she got tangled in her nightgown, fell and broke her collarbone. (Editor’s note: Ms. Ruby is now a resident of the Meadows. Stop by for a visit, she is always glad to have company.)*****The wedding of Jason Broussard to Kris-ten Kleypas, of Nederland, was attended by a bunch of 1999 grads. Check this crew out. Charlie Higginbothem was best man; Joey Hays, Shane Peveto, Chris Menard, Cody Osburne and Derrik Tregre served as grooms-men. (Editor’s note: Eight years later I believe the couple is still happily married.)*****Leola Landry is in the hospi-tal battling cancer.

38 Years ago-1973

Louis Dugas purchased Phyllis Diller’s four-door Jag-uar sedan. *****Serge Ledford is the new manager of Bo-nanza Sirloin Pit. *****Richard Belk celebrated a birth-day. *****The Bridge City Cards “Wild Bunch” defense allows the first points of the season in a 1907 win over Silsbee. Lanston Fall, B.C. fullback grounded out 201 yards behind the blocking of Kenny Brown, Clint Belk, Mark Dunn, David Smith, Steve Trevino, Jimmy La-comb and Craig Morris. *****

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEKJulie Prosperie, Phillip Todora, Kristin Bertles,

Madeline Kirby, Blake Hunt, Joy Dubose-Simonton, Kyle Johnston, Leona Simmons, Mozelle Francois, Mary Nixon, Beth Baas, Rodney Cartwright, Ashley Sanchez, Jason Yeaman, Jeanne Mullins, Jenne Mull-ins, Kim Ezell, Jennie Hutchison, Earnest Barnes, Mary Tallant, George Fleming, Tammy Ballard, Mari-lyn Ponthieu, Vicki Brown, Treva Hodge, Anita Green, Brad Childs, Cory Moreau, John-Cecil Beeson, Mar-guerite Mahfouz, Kyle Murrell, Roy Farias, Becky Carter, Bob Frank, Bill Butler, Brian Prevost, Bryan Chauvin, Eldon Pendergast, Mittie Ledoux, Eric Brin-son, Jewel Merchant, Jimmy Byrd, Laqueta McLellan, Lisa Stewart, Pat New, Sara Etheredge, Sarah Halli-burton, Shery Martz, Thomas Fleming, Brandy Card-ner, Danny Jennings, Lainey Zenos, Beth Wilson, John Clark, Larry Myers, Debbie Fusilier, Cheyenne Sweet, Bailey Berry, Ron Batchelor, Tammy Scales, Victoria Brown, Dale Morris, Darren Wilson, Marilyn Fon-thieu, Ramona Scott, Ramona Valentine, Connie Cur-phey, Mary Chamblee, Roy Lee Helm, Ken Soileau, Ra-chel Sanders, Tanner George and Connor Ziller.

A FEW HAPPENINGS

The Wednesday Lunch Bunch dined at Robert’s Res-taurant last week. Grace and Cary served the meal. Among the boys attending was Coach Dan Ray Hooks who says he has been watching the ‘Stangs when not at-tending grandkid games. Cynthia was away on the New Mexico border visiting children, so Shockley was feeding him. New Veterans’ Service Officer Gene Smith visited also, with Pinehurst Administrator Joe Parkhurst and Commissioner John Dubose. King Dunn told about the good response he received to his dipping vat story. Judge Carl Thibodeaux and Hooks talked football out of the past at West Orange-Stark. Rev. Leo told about his latest trip where he preached at several churches. Judge of Pct. 1, David Peck, visited with Judge Claude Wimberly, who held that office for over 20 years. The most popular among the 20 boys was pretty Shirley Zimmerman, who was the only female. Judge Janice, Donna Scales, Bran-dy Slaughter, Christy Kourey, Babette Philpott and the other girls were no-shows. Also absent was Marlene, who is seldom absent. She’s nursing a bad foot and will have toe surgery in a few days. She had a valid excuse. Also sighted at Robert’s, one of their favorite places to eat, were Mary and Don Stanton. As of late, Don is sailing fairly well, Mary always looks great to me. The Lunch Bunch will dine at Novrozsky’s next week. Everyone welcome. *****The annual pumpkin display at Winfree Baptist Church, on Hwy. 62, is out. It’s very impressive. *****Speak-ing of Winfree, I sure do miss “Buckshot.” He was one heck of a guy. Every time J.B. Arrington comes by we tell “Buck” stories. *****Ms. Pearl called J.B. a youngster. He’s only 87. *****Speaking of 87-year-old guys, I got a nice mess of greens from Neighbor Cox. He’s always good about sharing his bounty with us. The bad summer made for slim pickings. He’s happy Ms. Ginny is staying home for a change. Sue Simar came by also. She and Tommy are holding some frozen figs for us. We will put them in preserves as soon as I can get around to picking them up. I’ve been meeting myself lately, plus being away, held prisoner for a few days. *****Since he left high school attorney Sharon Bearden has been on a diet. He’s prob-ably lost between 1,500 pounds to 1,800 pounds in the last 50 years. He’s a darn good lawyer, one of the best, but he never was worth a dime at dieting. Until now that is. He had trimmed down when a bad virus hit that he thought would kill him. He was so sick he wanted to die. He lost another 20 pounds and now he’s back to his high school weight. *****Attorney H.D. Pate had knee replace-ment surgery two weeks ago. After a stay in the hospital, where he contacted some sort of virus, he came home but was grounded. However, Friday, sick and handicapped, he made his way to the courthouse. When he heals, he’ll have the other knee replaced. I was right all the time, run-ning, in the long run, isn’t good for you. That’s why I’ve never done it.*****I have no latest report on Bobby Tay-lor. He has been in Houston taking M.D. Anderson treat-ments. If anyone knows his prognosis let me know. *****Our friend Doug Harrington is still in Houston tak-ing daily radiation and getting tired of motel living. *****Our Bridge City buddy, Keith Carter, has only three more Chemo treatments. We wish them all continued progress. *****If you haven’t heard about it, I’ll let you in on the county’s best-kept secret. It’s the Muddy Water Marina on Dupont Dr. across from the Boat Club on Adams Bayou. Great food and lunch specials served. Gulf Shrimp and blue claw live crabs are also available. Owners Ike and Lynn always welcome you with free, fresh coffee. It’s a small menu but oh so good. It’s a unique place to congregate with your friends. *****The Turkey Day game between A&M and Texas was first played in 1894 and has been played every year since 1915. After this Thanksgiving, footballs oldest rivalries will be put on in-definite hold. The Aggies wanted to continue the yearly

game after leaving for the Southeastern Conference in July but Texas Coach Brown told the Aggies that their non-conference schedule is full through 2018. What a shame. I had attended a majority of those games since Bear Bryant coached and John David Crow won the Heisman in 1956. It never was a sure bet who would win. Many All Americans played for those teams, including Orange County’s Steve Worster. Most of all the great days were the old Southwest Conference games. I’m not even going to talk about the last weekend football pro and college games except to say the A&M offense was impres-sive. *****It’s going to be a Texas Ranger/St. Louis Cardi-nal World Series starting Wednesday. Creaux had pre-dicted those teams would be in the series. It was just wishful thinking that the Cardinals would be back in the playoffs but they are a Cinderella team. They are the hardest to predict but the Rangers should win in five games. They lost in five to San Francisco last year. St. Louis will be home team first game with Chris Carpen-ter on the mound. It may be their only win. *****Johnny Montagne was the designated bidder for he and his friends at the Orange County Live Stock show in Mau-riceville. They won the bid on several animals, including a prize wake-up call rooster. Johnny and Darlene’s beau-tiful daughter, State Farm agent, Heather, was a joy to watch walk across the pen to take a picture with each an-imal they bought. Beats the hell out of watching Johnny wallow across the pen. Johnny, Cowboy Bobby, Doc and the crew are always good at supporting local causes. *****Capt. Nicky Davis, longtime OPD officer, retired and now living in Nashville and is a candidate for city councilman there, was in town for the Stark High 50th class reunion. *****I can’t wait for Orange County citrus to come in. What’s in the stores now is poor quality. John Heard and the Orange County growers will have the best oranges coming in the later part of November. I doubt there will be Satsuma’s because of the drought and heat. *****Marijuana use is on the rise while teen alcohol and tobacco use is down. Today’s stronger pot is not like that of the 1970’s. Today’s pot is at least 10 times stron-ger and way more addictive. It’s the biggest drug problem in the United States says Peter Delany, of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services. Seventeen million kids use pot 20 or more times a month. Roughly one in ten teens that try marijuana gets addicted. Young users are more vulnerable. Ambivalence of today’s parents may be partly to blame because they are uncomfortable telling kids not to smoke pot because they used it themselves. *****Some special folks we know that are celebrating their special day. Attorney Joy Dubose Simonton, Oct. 19 *** Vickie Drake Brown, one of the most beautiful, kind la-dies to come out of Orange County, celebrates Oct. 21. She’s Betty and Earl Drake’s daughter. ***Judge Claude Wimberly and John Clark both turn 77 on Oct. 23. A pretty good pair of aces to draw to. ***One of our special girls, Brittney Stillwell, a transplant from Mississippi, will finally be 21 on Oct. 24. ***Also on Oct. 24, a lady we’ve known since her teens and who got older right here at the newspaper for 38 years, is sweet Debbie Fuesilier. *** On Oct. 25, Sandi Mobley Huckabay, who we have also known since she was a teenager and also worked at the newspaper, is another year older. Makes me feel old. I helped raise her as a teenager. *** Happy birthday and best wishes to all. *****CREAUX’S TIP OF THE WEEK. To get rid of itch from mosquito bites, apply soap on the area and you will experience instant relief. *****What is Andouille (pronounced (Ahn-do-ee)? It’s a spicy country sausage used in gumbo and other Cajun dishes.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

On Oct. 19, Evander Holyfield will be 49; John Lith-gow, 66; Ty Pennington, 46 and Michael Gambon, 71. ***Snoop Dogg will be 40 on Oct. 20; Viggo Mortensen, 53 and Tom Petty, 61. ***Kim Kardashian will be 31 on Oct. 21 and Carrie Fisher, 55***On Oct. 22, Christopher Lloyd will be 73; Jeff Goldblum, 59, Shaggy, 43 and Jon-athan Lipnicki, 21. ***Dwight Yoakam will be 55 on Oct. 23; Weird Al Yankevie, 52 and Ryan Reynolds, 35***Kev-in Kline will be 64, Oct. 24; Adam Goldberg, 41 and Katy Perry, 27.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK

Let me tell you bout dat “Tee-Man” Duplantis and his wife Ethel. Well, “Tee-Man” got fired from anutta job so I axe him why?

He say, “Well, cuz, you know how dem forman dem, dey jus stand around wit dere hands in dere pockets and watch everybody else work?”

“What dat got to do wit you losing you job?” I axe.“Tee Man” say, “Because dat forman him, he was

jealous, all dem workers tought I was the foreman me.”While I was visiting, his wife Ethel come out on the

porch and axe, “Tee-Man” babe, how many of dem fish you caught wen you was gone over da weekend?”

Tee-Man look her rat in da eye and say, “Mais honey, I caught six beauties. Why you axe hanh?”

“Well,” Ethel say, “Dats wat I t’ought me, dat Co-meaux at da fish market is trying to get to us again. He billed us for eight of dem fish.”

C’EST TOUT

The big surprise of the week happened this Tuesday morning when Bridge City Mayor Kirk Roccaforte showed up at a Port Arthur lab for blood work. A beauti-ful Italian lady, sitting way in the back, called out his name and he turned around to find it was his mother. Neither knew the other would be there. He got to spend some quality time with Mom. A great way to start the day.*****Well, another week down. I’m going to turn this in and kick back and watch the Republican debate. It will be over by the time you read this but it’s always a show. Gov. Perry has some selling to do if he wants to stop falling like a rock in a well. Can you believe 25 per-cent of Republicans are buying into Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 con game. Oh well, we’ll see.*****Gotta go. Thanks for your time. Take care and God bless.

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The West Orange-Stark cheerleaders presented the Orangefield cheerleaders with a vinyl banner Fri-day night after halftime in memory of the three Orangefield students who were killed in September. The sign evoked a standing ovation from the Orangefield side.

Cheerleaders memorialize death of Orangefield studentsStark Museum of Art Docent awarded Daniels Fellowship

Earl Parker, a docent at the Stark Museum of Art in Or-ange, Texas, has been awarded a John H. Daniels Fellowship from the National Sporting Li-brary and Museum in Middle-burg, Virginia. 

Parker’s independent re-search topic will be “The U.S. Remount Service: Stallions Distributed Across America.” His research will document the use of Remount Stallions and their locations across the United States. 

Parker has worked as a do-cent at the Stark Museum of Art since 2003.  He holds a doctorate in Physical Chem-istry from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  He has recently published articles on the Remount pro-gram in The Cavalry Journal.  Parker will begin the residence fellowship in Virginia on Oc-tober 17. 

During the time that Park-er is in residence, a paint-ing from the Stark Museum of Art will be on view at The National Sporting Library & Museum.  The newly opened

Museum will feature as its inaugural ex-hibition Afield in America: 400 Years of Animal & Sporting Art, 1585 -1985. The Stark Museum’s painting McMullin, Guide by William Herbert Dunton was selected for inclusion in the exhibition. The exhibi-tion will be on view October 11, 2011 through January 14, 2012. 

“Receiving the Daniels Fel-lowship is an honor and we at the Stark Museum of Art are very pleased that Earl Parker has been selected.  This will be a great opportunity for him to pursue his project and to develop his expertise in this area.  We are also delighted that at the same time, a paint-ing from the Museum’s collec-tion will be included in this important exhibition,” said Sarah Boehme, Director of the Stark Museum of Art.

The John H. Daniels Fellow-ship supports researchers at the National Sporting Library & Museum, a research center for equestrian and field sports. The program began in 2007 in

honor of sportsman and book collector, John H. Daniels (1921-2006).  Since 2007, the fellowship has supported thir-

ty-eight research-ers-in-residence at

the NSLM from all re-gions of the United States and

ten foreign countriesLocated at 712 Green Av-

enue in Orange, Texas, the Stark Museum of Art is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Admission is free for all ages. Group tours are available by appointment. For more in-formation call 409.886.ARTS (2787) or visit http://www.starkmuseum.org/.

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Bridge City ISD, in accor-dance with Chapter 74.24 TAC, will administer the Tex-as Tech University Credit by Examination Tests. Testing dates will be December 6, 7 and 8, 2011 and June 5, 6 and 7 2012. Students in grades first

through fifth will be allowed to take each of the five tests (Math, Science, Language Arts, Reading, and Social Studies) at the elementary lev-el without prior instruction. The student must score at least 90 on each of the five four tests to be considered eli-gible for grade level accelera-tion. Students in grades sixth through 12 will be permitted

to take an examination to earn credit for an academic course for which they have had no prior instruction. Students must score at least 90 on the test to receive course credit. Additional information and registration forms can be ob-tained by contacting Gina Mannino at:  gina.mannino@bridgecityisd.net.

BCISD to administer Credit by Examination American Legion to host pool tournament

The American Legion Lloyd Grubbs Post 49, located at 108 Green Ave. in Orange, will be hosting a pool tournament ev-ery Friday from 7 p.m. to mid-night. There is a ten player maximum. The community is encouraged to join in the fun and free food to help support the Veterans. For more infor-mation, call 409-330-4847.

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Red Hot Flashers to meet Oct. 20The Red Hot Flashers of Orange County will meet Oct. 20, at

11:30 a.m. at the Sunset Grove Country Club.Ladies will decorate their hats for Halloween and bring an

item showing one of their collections. All ladies are welcome. For information, call 409-886-1609.

Birthday ladies are: Lady Cajun, Mary Broussard: Lady Penny Pincher, Kathy Jones: Duchess Susanna, Susan Quigley.

Lutcher Stark Bengal Guards to meet Oct. 21The Lutcher Stark Bengal Guards, years from 1935 to

1944,  will have their monthly meeting on Friday, Oct. 21. The meeting will start at 11 a.m. at The Sunset Grove Country Club on 2900 W. Sunset Drive in Orange.

All members are urged to attend. For further information call 409-883-6161.

LCM Honey Bears to host ‘Bulls and Barrels’The Little Cypress Honey Bears will be hosting their annual

Bulls and  Barrels Rodeo on Oct. 22, from 6 to 10 p.m. Please come and join us for bronco bull riding, barrel racing, mutton busting and a calf scrabble for the children. Concessions with lots of Delicious bbq, cotton candy, and much more will be avail-able. Vendors will also be set up for your holiday shopping needs. The rodeo will be held on Hwy 105 at the sheriff ’s posse rodeo arena and this is the honey bears biggest fund raiser for the year.   

Farmers’ Market held Wed. and Sat.The Orange County Farmers’ Market has opened for the sea-

son and expanded to include Wednesdays from 4-7 p.m., in ad-dition to the usual 6:30-10 a.m. on Saturdays. The market ends

when the produce is sold out, which is often earlier than the times shown.

Mustard greens, radishes, sweet potatoes, watermelon, toma-toes, yellow squash, purple hull peas, okra, cucumbers, hot pep-pers, bell peppers, smoked turkeys and chickens, a variety of jams and jellies, canned vegetables, fresh eggs, local honey, blue-berry juice, house plants, and blueberry bushes.

The market is held in the parking lot in front of Big Lots on MacArthur Drive. For additional information, contact Texas AgriLife at 882-7010.

VFW Post 2775 contest deadline set for Nov. 1Orange Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2775 reminds all hope-

ful entries in the annual Voice of Democracy, Patriot’s Pen and Citizenship Teacher of the Year entries

that the deadline is November 1st for  entries  to be IN THE HANDS of the VFW or Auxiliary Chairmen.  Materials were taken to area schools at the beginning of the

school year.  For further information, contact Post Chairman James Seales at 409-338-1853 or Auxiliary Chairman Patricia Kemp at 409-886-2796.  Following judging

the winners will advance to the District Level of competition.

Levingston Shipbuilding to host reunion Oct. 22Former employees of Levingston Shipbuilding in Orange are

invited to a reunion to be held Saturday, Oct. 22, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.  The event will be held at the North Orange Baptist Church Recreation Hall located at 4775 N. 16th Street (North Hwy 87) in Orange. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish.  Drinks will be provided. For additional information you may contact Betty Bellow at 409-982-3591 or Earl Evans at 409-746-3701.  

Orange Ladies Auxiliary getting ready for Garage Sale on Oct. 22

Orange Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 2775 are renting tables at $15 each for a Garage Sale to take place at the VFW Post on Highway 87 North on Saturday, Oct. 22.  There will be  40 Ta-bles  to rent at $15 each, on a first come first serve, CASH ONLY, basis at the time of rental.  There will be no refunds. 

Doors will open to vendors for setting up from 6 to 8 a.m. and open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for customers.  No food or beverage will be allowed; no electricity is available and vendors must take their leftovers with them.   Deadline is Oct. 8.  For further informa-tion, contact President Cathie Duhon at 409-553-6180 before 2 p.m. or Senior Vice President Jeanette Clark at 409-883-0264.

Hunter education safety class to start Oct. 27Texas Parks and Wildlife Hunter Education Home Study Safe-

ty Class Field part will be taught Thursday, Oct. 27 from 6 to 10 p.m. in Orange. You much complete the online home study com-puter sections, print completed tests and bring them to class. Please call Danny Odom to register at 409-883-8118. This class is not just for hunters but anyone who handles firearms can ben-efit from it.

 

Orange VFW to give scholarshipThe Orange VFW Post 2775 Ladies Auxiliary is taking appli-

cations for a $1,000 “Continuing Education Scholarship” offered by the National Ladies Auxiliary VFW.  To qualify,

the applicant must be a member for at least a full year, or be a spouse, son or daughter of a qualified member. 

Entries must be at least 18 and pursuing a college degree or ca-reer direction at a technical school.  Four scholarships are pre-sented by National to each of four conferences.  Scholarships are paid directly to the College or Tech School, in the student’s name, for use during the 2012-2013 fiscal year. 

For an application  and criteria, contact Chairman Jeanette Clark at 883-0264 or email at jwrc@att.net.

South Texas Beef Symposium, Trade Show with CEU’s

 The Symposium and Trade show will be held Nov. 14 from

8:30 am to 4 p.m. at the Ford Park Event Center in Beaumont. The focus for the beef symposium and trade show will be, sur-vival and recovery of the drought. Topics of discussion will in-clude; health problems and management during and after drought in a cow-calf herds, Managing forages and pastures during and after a drought, Cattle marketing, calves and cows during and after a drought, and What happens now to the cow-calf herds “The Beef Cattle Industry”.

Pre-registrations is required. Cost is $20 per person and in-

cludes, BBQ lunch, Discussions and Trade show. Three (3) CEU credits will be given. To register contact the Jefferson County Extension office at 409-835-8461

American Legion to host pool tournamentThe American Legion Lloyd Grubbs Post 49, located at 108

Green Ave. in Orange, will be hosting a pool tournament every Friday from 7 p.m. to midnight. There is a ten player maximum. The community is encouraged to join in the fun and free food to help support the Veterans. For more information, call 409-330-4847.

Orange Community Band to meet every ThursdayThe Orange Community Band rehearses every Thursday from

7 to 8:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory, located at 4103 Meeks Drive in Orange. They are in need of players for the fol-lowing sections; flute, clarinet, saxophone, French horn, and percussion, but ALL are welcome! The band performs Veteran’s Day, Christmas, Memorial Day, and Independence Day concerts. At least one traditional band concert is performed annually. Please visit us on Facebook at Orange Community Band.

Rape and Suicide Crisis Center to offer support group meetings

The Rape and Suicide Crisis Center of Southeast Texas will be hosting a support group for female survivors of sexual assault the first and third Wednesday of every month, starting at 5:30 p.m. Meetings will be held at the Foundation of Southeast Texas building, located at 700 North St. in downtown Beaumont.

To RSVP or for further information, please contact the Crisis Center at 409-832-6530.

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Haunted Hotel offers an “extreme” version this Friday, Octo-ber 21. At 11:13 p.m., management will extinguish all lights and “suspend all rules” as an ultimate test of bravery. At the bewitch-ing hour, guests will be left to navigate pitch-black halls with a single LED candle. “Of course, you can check-out early If it all gets to be too much,” noted Blaisdell, Haunted Hotel’s Night Watchman, a.k.a. Barry Blaisdell, “but our digital sound system will alert everyone that you’ve failed the test.”

Southeast Texas’ #1 haunted Halloween attraction is celebrat-ing its 30th birthday with a facelift that more than doubles the fear factor. When Eric Metts founded his version of scream city, the name Haunted Hotel was fitting for the panic it inspired in-side the old Rosemont Hotel on Crockett Street in downtown Beaumont. In 2004, Metts relocated his seasonal business to its current home at the Sports Connection, 6755 Patillo Road off Highway 69 South.

“This year, more than 50 percent of our nightmare on Patillo Road is brand new,” said Metts. “The makeover takes us back to our roots, expanding on the hotel theme.”

Guests begin their 2011 journey into hell at the Haunted Ho-tel through a new iron-gated entrance and foyer, preludes to the horrors waiting inside a new “upscale” hotel suite. There they will be eyewitnesses to the untimely demise of a couple in the suite’s living room and be tormented in an adjoining bedroom by more monsters luring in the shadows.

Blaisdell, said favorites, like the Bathroom, have been made over to test the most ironclad stomach: “Watch your step in this restroom, the plumbing is not reliable.”

Haunted Hotel 2011 further tortures guests with what Blais-dell calls the ‘interactive’ experience: “We’ve removed the rails that separated customers from characters. Now you’re part of every scene. You’ll literally brush up against your worst night-mares, like Leatherface and his unforgiving chainsaw.”

Traditionally, the hotel attracts what owner Metts describes as three categories of customers: Little kids (usually the first to check-out), guys hoping to impress girlfriends with bravado, and folks looking for a seasonal thrill who have come to equate Hal-loween with a stay at the hotel. “Guests who helped launch our opening in 1981 are now accompanying their grandkids.”

Generations of guests can check-in to Haunted Hotel 2011 at 7:13 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night through Oc-tober 23. The hotel opens nightly at 7:13 p.m. from Wednesday, October 26 through Monday, October 31.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance at www.thehauntedhoteltx.com, the Fear Factory Outlet on Twin City Highway, and area FastLane Convenience stores. For informa-tion on hotel rates, discounts, and Haunted Hotel Lite for chil-dren, guests can reach the front desk at 409-729-3300 or visit www.thehauntedhoteltx.com.

Will You Go to The Extreme This Friday?No Lights. No Rules. No Turning Back.

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Deaths and Memorials

Individuals still may be liv-ing up to resolutions they made in the beginning of the year. Oftentimes, plans to get fit are at the top of the list. People taking inventory of their personal health may want to take added precau-tions safeguarding the well-being of themselves and their families. A life insurance poli-cy can be a way to do just that.

Not everyone needs to pur-chase life insurance. There are a number of factors that come into play when deciding if a policy is right for you. A policy can be beneficial if a specific person is the breadwinner in the family, or his or her salary is heavily relied on to pay bills or college tuitions.

In the event of a person’s death, a life insurance policy can provide for funeral costs and also cover mortgage pay-ments and other expenses. Choosing a policy can be dif-ficult, but understanding life insurance is the key to know-

ing how much coverage to get and which policy works best for you.

Term Life Insurance:According to State Farm In-

surance, term life insurance provides death protection for a stated time period, or term. A person pays a fixed rate for a set amount of time. Should that period expire, coverage at the previous rate is no lon-ger guaranteed and the client must either stop coverage or obtain further coverage with different payments and/or conditions.

Term life insurance is gen-erally sought after for those on a limited budget because payments tend to be more af-fordable. It can serve as peace of mind during child-rearing years or up until the point when personal savings will cover any unforseen expenses at the time of death.

Depending on the insurance policy, the term can be for as little as 1 year to as many as 30 years. The premium will be more for a longer term because an older person is considered

a greater risk factor than a younger one.

Inidividual insurance com-panies may vary their renewal policies and rate increases, so purchasers will have to re-search the affordability and practicality of taking out a short-term or long-term poli-cy. Unless there is a history of illness in the family, a shorter term may suffice.

Permanent Life Insurance:Permanent life insurance of-

fers a premium payment that is the same over the entire life of the loan up until a person’s death. Once a person has paid all of the premiums, a cash re-serve remains and the policy is still in effect.

Permanent life insurance is more expensive because an eventual payout is unavoid-able. Wherein term life insur-ance policies often lapse with-out a payout, the inevitability of death makes a permanent life insurance payout a sure thing. Therefore, people pay more to acquire this type of coverage.

There are different types of permanent life insurance:

Whole life: The cash reserve builds up after the premiums are paid, but the person has no control how that reserve is in-vested.

Variable life: Individuals are given the choice how to invest the cash reserve. The amount that will be available at the time of death is depends on how well the money was in-vested.

Universal life: Individu-als have more control over the policy, being able to vary the amount of the premium by using part of the accumu-lated earnings to cover part of the premium cost. Purchasers can also vary the amount of the death benefit. Flexibility comes with a higher price tag, however.

How Much Life Insurance Is Needed?

Many factors come into play when deciding how much in-surance to purchase. Debts, dependents, other income, risk for illness, and other com-ponents should be considered. A general rule of thumb is to acquire a policy that pays be-tween 5 and 10 times one’s an-nual salary. Therefore a person who makes $85,000 should get a policy between $425K and $850K to be safe.

Cost of Life Insurance:Each company will have a

different rate schedule and commissions paid to insur-ance agents. There may be hidden fees that careless con-sumers are unaware of.

On average, a healthy 35-year-old man may pay $3,000 per year for a $300K whole life policy. A term life insurance policy for the same amount could run $300 a year.

Depending on individual factors, purchasing life in-surance is largely a personal choice. Advisors can shop around for life insurance poli-cies and help educate a con-sumer on the ones that will be the best fit. Individuals should seek an advisor who does not work for a specific insurance company or receive commis-sion for his/her recommenda-tions.

To Be held:

Harry Aubrey “Blue” RisherBridge City

Harry Aubrey “Blue” Risher, 84, of Bridge City, passed away Sunday, Oct. 16 at Baptist Hospi-tal in Orange.

Funeral ser-vices to re-member his life will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, in the Chapel of Dorman Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Chaplain Hank Perkins.

Military honors and interment will follow services in Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. A gathering of family and friends for a time of reflection will be from 5 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mr. Risher was born on Feb. 22, 1927 in Jackson, Miss., he grew up in Madden, Miss. and he lived in Bridge City since 1966.

He worked as a welder for Pipefitters Local #195 in the con-struction industry and he was a veteran of the United States Navy during World War II. Mr. Risher was a loving husband, father and grandfather and he cherished time that he spent with his family. He enjoyed lis-tening to country music and often hosted friends and musi-cians in his home to play. He also enjoyed a fruitful garden in which he grew 13 different varieties of fruit trees.

Mr. Risher is preceded in death by his mother, Delphia Risher Irvin; his stepfather, F.L. “Doc” Irvin; his first wife, Dora Wilson and his second wife, Lola Risher.

Those who will most cher-ish his memory are his wife of 17 years, Edee Risher of Bridge City; his daughter, Betty Morgan of Houston; his son, Harry Ray Risher of Bridge City; his step sons, Mark Lilback of Morgan-town, W.V. and Kenneth Lilback

of Vidor; his grandchildren, Er-cell Frederick, Chad Morgan, Wade Morgan and Brad Morgan; his step grandchildren Morgan Lilback, Meredith Fenner, Lori Jones, Jeremy Cook and Derek Cook; his great grandchildren, Cody Frederick, Justin Frederick Brittany Morgan, Kali Morgan, Skyla Morgan, Devin Fenner, Lexy Cook, David Jones, Dale Jones and Lily Cook.

For those who desire memo-rial contributions, the family has requested that donations be made in memory of Mr. Risher to the Paralyzed Veterans of America, 801 Eighteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20006-3517, (800) 555-9140, www.pva.org.

Washington, D.C. 20006-3517, (800) 555-9140, www.pva.org.

Elizabeth (“Betty”) Singleton HudsonThe Woodlands

Betty Hudson passed away in The Woodlands on Oct. 16.

Betty’s nephew, The Reverend Frank Roth, will be officiating at her services at St. Paul’s Epis-copal Church on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m.

She was born and raised in Beaumont and lived most of her life in Orange. She is preceded in death by her parents, Terrell and Gertrude Adkisson; her sis-ter, Ada Lillie Roth; her brother, Terrell Adkisson Jr., and her hus-band, Otis Hudson.

She graduated from Beau-mont High in 1941. Mrs. Hudson received her English degree from the University of Texas in Austin in 1944, and her Masters in Li-brary Science from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1946. She was a past State President of AAUW, a longtime member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and choir, a past presi-dent of the PTO, a member of Chamber Musicians, and an avid bridge player.

She is survived by her five children: Sherry Windham of Orange; Annette Quimby of The Woodlands; Leo and Cheryl Singleton of Slidell, La.; Gail and Mike Corder of Ft. Worth and Teri and Bill Ross of Mont-gomery. She is also survived by twelve grandchildren: Brandy Windham-Waite; Ashley Retzl-off; Stephanie Quimby; Scott Quimby; David Quimby; Leo Singleton, IV; Laura Singleton; Brian Corder; Cassidy Corder; Shane Ross; Jason Ross and Kelli Ross.

She is also survived by six great-grandchildren: Nora Wind-ham-Waite; Luca Windham-Waite; Gavin Retzloff, Drew Corder; Blake Corder and Gra-ham Corder.

Serving as pallbearers will be Scott Quimby, David Quimby, Jason Ross, Bill Ross, Mike Corder and Leo Singleton.

Mary Emily Reily MartellOrange

Mary Emily Reily Martell, 91, of Orange, passed away October 16 after a brief illness. She was born July 3, 1920, to Charles and Elizabeth Reily at Fernwood Plantation near Jackson, La.

A gathering of family and friends will be held on Friday, Oct. 21 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Or-ange. Services will be held at the First United Methodist Church at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22 followed by internment at Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Grandsons and great grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Mary and her late husband, Joseph Robert (Bob) Martell, moved to Orange in 1943. They opened a trailer park at 10th and Park as families were moving to Orange to work in the shipyards and building Riverside. Later, Mary was secretary and kept books for Martell Paint and Body

Works on Border Street. She was a P.T.A. member and offi-cer when her children attended Curtis School. While a member of North Orange Baptist Church for many years, she taught a Sunday School class. Eventually she found a church home at First United Methodist where she was a member of the Fidelis Sunday School class and Joy Group and served on many committees.

Mary loved gardening and was a founding member of the Leaf and Petal Garden Club. She was a national flower judge in Orange and around Southeast Texas. Interested in Japanese flower arranging, she studied Ikebana for seven years. She was an avid Bridge player and member of several clubs. The Antique Study Group was very special to her and she loved her collections and filled her home with beautiful objects. She was named Altrusa Woman of the Year; she headed the American Cancer Drive in Orange for two years and was a member of the Orange Chapter of Eastern Star; A&M Mother’s Club and Sunset Grove Country Club.

Mary had a passion for sports and supported her sons’ many athletic pursuits, which no doubt stemmed from her own athletic endeavors, which included high school track and basketball, and later, tennis.

Mary’s greatest legacy was in the “art of motherhood”. She is survived by her children Barbara Hayes of Tucson, Ariz.; Ron and Mary Martell of Austin; Don and Beth Martell of Asheville, N.C.; and Randy and Marilyn Martell of College Station. Also many adoring grandchildren: Becky and Scott Kirkpatrick of Tyler; Craig and Sharee McCrindle of Tucson; Ryan Martell of Delta-ville, Va.; Rachael Martell and Peter Karns of Asheville, Jus-tin Martell of Austin; and Kristin Martell of The Woodlands. Mary leaves seven great-grandchil-dren: Rachel Peart and spouse, Michael; Mathew Kirkpatrick, Jacob Kirkpatrick and spouse, Callie, Nathan Kirkpatrick, Alex McCrindle, Paige McCrindle and

Henry Miller Karns. Also three great-great grandchildren: Char-lotte and Annabelle Peart, and Lily Kirkpatrick.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to be made to the First United Methodist Church, 502 N. 6th Street, Orange, TX 77630.

The family would like to ex-press heartfelt appreciation to her many loyal, dear friends, neighbors, and caregivers.

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Kirby Ray GrangerOrangefield

Kirby Ray Granger, 82, of Or-angefield, died Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor.

Funeral Services were held on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City with the Pastor Gil Harris of Katy officiating and Eulogy was given by his son, Daren Granger.

Cremation were under the di-rection of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory near Bridge City. Fol-lowing cremation, a private inter-ment will be held at a later date.

Born in Orangefield on July 27, 1929, Ray was the son of Kirby and Leila (Tarter) Granger. He served in the National Guard for 12 years and was known for be-ing a “crack shot” and winning Sharp-Shooter in the National Guard tournaments.

Ray worked for Orangefield ISD for 39 years, enjoyed fish-ing and being outdoors. He was a beloved husband of 60 years, loving father, grandfather, brother and friend who will be truly missed by all who knew and loved him. Ray loved his family, friends, and the community of Orangefield.

Ray is survived by his wife, Laverne Granger of Orangefield; sons, Michael Ray Granger and wife, Bambi of Orangefield, Dar-en Kent Granger and wife, Amy of Katy; four grandchildren, Am-ber Klam and husband, Jason, Whitney White and husband, Ed-

die all of Austin, Garett Granger, Rylie Granger both of Orange-field; and three great-grandchil-dren, Peyton, Ashlea and Kirby.

He is also survived by his brother, Lee Roy Granger of Or-angefield; sister, Ida Lou Grang-er Wilson of Mauriceville; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation Gift Pro-cessing Center, P.O. Box 5018, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5018.

Morris P. “Sonny” Bishop Jr.Orange

Morris P. “Sonny” Bishop, Jr., 86, of Orange, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Orange Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation.

G r ave s i d e Service were held Saturday, Oct. 15, at Or-ange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange with the Rev. Man-uel Ramirez officiating.

Born in Orange on Sept. 9, 1925, Sonny was the son of Mor-ris Prince Bishop Sr. and Virgie (Broomes) Bishop. He served in the U.S. Army, a welder at Amer-ican Bridge for 25 years and a member at First Baptist Church of West Orange.

Preceded in death by his par-ents, and first wife, Patsy Bishop, Sonny is survived by his wife, Jo-sephine Bishop; son, Cecil Van Bishop and wife, Leesa Bishop of Vinton, La.; grandchildren, Mi-chelle Carter, Cristal Baker; and great-grandchildren, Rusty Cart-er, Austin Carter, Bailey Baker and Brianna Baker.

Rusty Carter, Austin Carter, Trent Baker, B.J. Bourdier, Kevin Pinder and Shane Purvis served as pallbearers.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a memorial fund at any Capital One Bank to help the family with expenses.

Arrangements were under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

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“Christmas in Orangefield” will be celebrated Dec. 9-10. Festivities will take place on the grounds of the Orangefield Cormier Museum. The muse-um was a gift of the Paul Cormier Family to the Or-angefield Independent School District and resides alongside the high school campus on FM 105. It will be a celebration of life in the Old Orange Oil field

Festivities will start with an old fashion Hootenanny at 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9 in the Orangefield Elementary gym-nasium. The Hootenanny is being produced by Linda Granger Crawford of Dallas.

On Saturday the festival will begin with the Christmas Pa-

rade starting at 9 a.m. Follow-ing the parade there will be ac-tivities for young and old with the main attraction being the museum itself. Food and craft vendors, face painting for chil-dren, Uncle Jesse’s Farm, a cake sale, and much more will be available throughout the day on the festival grounds. A highlight of the afternoon will be a Civil War re-enactment.

Art contests will be held for elementary, middle school, and high school students. The art will be on display in the museum. Southeast Texas art-ists are invited to display their art.

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Tryce Kirby Howard (left) placed fifth and Emilee Marie Adrio (right) place ninth in the Julie Richardson Procter 5K Ribbon Run/Walk with the Julie Rogers Gift of Life program in Beaumont.

On Saturday, Oct. 1 a few members of the Orangefield Bobcat High School Cross Country team partic-ipated in the Julie Richardson Procter 5K Ribbon Run/Walk with the Julie Rogers Gift of Life program in downtown Beaumont. Those that participated are: Emily Blanke, Thanh Tsan, Emilee Adrio, Heather Stout, Tryce Howard, Coach Benefield, Chase Caswell (Jr. High Team), Cayla Greer (Jr. High Team), Lauren Stout (Jr. High Team) and Kristen Boone.

“Nunset Boulevard” starts next week and runs Oct. 18-23 at 7:37 p.m. on the Orange Community Play-ers’ stage. This latest musical comedy production in the “Nunsense” series features the five wacky nuns in Hollywood, living out their dream of performing in the movies. The family-appropriate musical is directed by Jeff Hattman. Pictured left to right are: Susan Tiger as “Reverand Mother,” Brook Doss as “Sister Robert Anne,” Donna Rogers as “Sister Mary Hubert,” Janet Bland as “Sister Amnesia,” and Jamia Harris as “Sister Mary Leo.” Not pictured is John Hall as “Earl Dean Sneteker.” Tickets are $15 for adults, and $8 for students. For reservations call 882-9137 or purchase online at www.orangecommuni-typlayers.com. The theater is located at 708 W. Division Ave. in Orange.

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B‘THE RECORD’ HOMETOWN HIGHLIGHTS

What a ball game! What a defensive performance by both teams! The Bridge City Cardinals gave the Silsbee Tiger their first loss of the year, 6-0. The Cardi-nals improved to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in district, while the Tigers fell to 6-1 over-all, and 1-1 in district play. The win set up the big game Friday night against the West Orange-Stark Mustangs at Dan R. Hook Stadium. Both team are 2-0 in dis-trict play, and will be playing for first place in the district.

The Bridge City Cardinals have never defeated the West Orange-Stark Mus-tangs.

Against a tough Silsbee offense, the Cardinal defensive line, led by Bryson Banks, Cameron Coulter and company, put pressure on Silsbee all night, leading to six interceptions. Three interceptions were by Tanner Cervenka, two by Tyler Roberts and one by Cameron Dishon, keeping the Tigers out of the end zone.

Silsbee received the open kickoff, but it resulted in a punt after a big sac by Keith Youngblood. Silsbee’s second series ended in a nice interception and run by Tyler Roberts. The Cardinals had two series in the first quarter but both ended in punts. In the second quarter Silsbee’s first drive ended in another Cardinal INT. Ashton Hunter tipped the ball in the air and Cameron Dishon hauled it in.

The Cardinals first drive of the quarter ended in a punt, and then there were back-to-back turn over on downs. The Ti-gers went for it on fourth and one, but were driven back by Banks, Coulter and Malachi Busby. The Cardinals took over and went for it on fourth and inches, but were stuffed by the Tigers. The Tigers tied to put together a drive but Cervenka, who picked of a Tiger pass in the end zone, spoiled it. The teams took off for the break with no one crossing either goal line.

The Cardinals started the second half with a nice drive, highlighted by a big run by Matt Menard of 45 yards, and a nice catch by Slate Arnold from Menard. That

The Orangefield Bobcats (3-4, 0-2 District) will be on the road this week traveling to Hamshire-Fannett (2-5, 1-1 Dis-trict) for a 7 p.m. kickoff. The Bobcats will be looking to even up their season record with a win over the longtime rival Longhorns. The Longhorns are entering the contest follow-ing a high scoring (60-6) win over the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks that have a season record of 1-6.

Orangefield enters the contest following two close games. The first was a one touchdown loss against the then unbeaten Silsbee Tigers, and last week’s three point loss to West Or-ange-Stark.

Orangefield started last weeks game with a note of confi-dence, after winning the coin toss Orangefield deferred receiv-ing the ball to the second half and kicked off to the Mustangs. This was the beginning of a night of surprises by the Bobcats.

Orangefield kicked an (all in the air) 15 yard onside kick that was caught on the run by the Bobcats to set up Orangefield

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BC Cardinals take on Mustangs

Bobcats take road trip to HF

JOEY ENCALADEFOR THE RECORD

MARK WALLESFOR THE RECORD

The Bridge City Cardinal defense shut out an undefeated Silsbee Tiger football team winning the Dist. 21-3A bout 6-0. Above: Keith Young-blood, 58, Zach Cole, 45, Dylan Sams, 55, and Hunter Wools, 51 are on the tackle. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

Orangefield Bobcat running back Carl Wiley trudges for yardage against the WOS Mustangs. RECORD PHOTO: Tony Gunn

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Although the score was nothing close to the same as last year, the Orangefield Bobcats played the game like they al-ways do against the Mustangs-48 minutes of hard-nosed foot-ball, and this year, they were able to score 14 like they did last year, but were able to hold the Mustangs to just 17.

“Give Orangefield credit,” Head Coach Cornel Thompson said. “They have a hard offense to play and they did a good job with it. They always play us four quarters and never give up, but we were able to bow up when it got down to the nitty gritty and keep them from tying the game with that missed field goal.”

After trading punts in the first quarter, the Bobcats were able to strike first when quarterback Jimmy Salter was pres-sured in the back field and threw an interception to OF’s Levi Shores who took it 16 yards for six. The Mustangs answered

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The LCM Bears prowled into Vidor Pi-rate territory Friday night and found the Pirates had a Bear trap. When the lights went out the Pirates had out-scored the Bears 36-14. On Friday the Bears will host the PGN Indians.

The Indians will be hoping to upset the Bears homecoming game. Looking at the statistics for both teams, anything is pos-sible, but games are not won on paper. Both PNG and LCM are 4-3 for the sea-son. PNG is 2-2 in district, LCM 1-3.

Under the Friday night lights, Vidor took the kickoff and showed that they were ready to play. On the third play Pi-rate David Smallwood bullied the Bears

and ran 45 yards for a touchdown. The point after was good and the score was 7-0, Pirates.

The Bears started play on their own 34 yard line. The Bears moved the ball to the Pirate six yard line and were looking at a third and goal situation. Things turned bad, Pirate Austin Rodriguez was in the right place at the wrong time and inter-cepted a pass in the end zone. The quarter ended with the Pirates pretty much con-trolling the game.

The Pirates started the second quarter on their own 30 yard line and put together a solid drive, picking up four first downs on eleven plays and scoring from the two yard line. The good PAT made the score 14-0 with 8:04 left on the clock.

Late in the second quarter the Pirates

were holding tough on the Bear 34 yard line. The Bear defense held tougher and kept the Pirates away from touchdown territory. All the Pirates were able to pull out of that drive was a field goal by Bran-don Clayton. His 27 yard booting of the ball made the score 17-0 with 26 seconds left in the second half.

Early in the second half things looked good for the Bears. They held the Pirates on their first possession and took over the ball on the Pirate 41 yard line. On the Bears third play Brilon Douglas threw a pass into the hands of Jordan Harmon and put the Bears on the scoreboard. Trent Manuel booted the PAT and the score was 17-7.

The Pirates took the ball and played

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Bears prepare for Homecoming

Mustangs to host tough Cardinals

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The LCM Bear defense led by Casey Burleigh takes down a Vidor Pirate ball carrier. RECORD PHOTO: Chris Gunn

WOS Mustang Da Carlos Renfro on touchdown kickoff return. RECORD PHOTO: Tony Gunn

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drive would go over on downs at the twelve. After a punt from Sils-bee, Bridge City put together the winning drive. The Cardinals went 54 yards on the drive that ended with a hook up from Men-ard to Roberts for a 12 yard TD pass. The point after was no good, bringing the score to 6-0 with 3:28 left in the third quarter. Roberts would stop the next Silsbee drive, with his second INT of the game. The Cardinals would use up the rest of the clock up in the third frame, with a drive that went into the fourth quarter, but went back to the Tigers on downs.

Silsbee put together a serious threat, but Cervenka spoiled it again, with his second pick on a fourth and goal with the ball at the fifteen. The Cardinals went three and out, punting the ball

back to Silsbee. Silsbee took over on their 43 yard line and the Bridge City fans were on their feet cheering for another defensive stand. Dishon would have a big hit in the series, jarring the ball away from a Tiger receiver. Tanner Cer-venka said enough of the drama, and picked off his third pass of the night, and playing it smart by go-ing down to the ground. The Car-dinals took over, getting into the victory formation and ran the clock out, for the win.

Come out and support the Car-dinals in this important Dist. 21-3A contest. The defense must bring it again. We know the band, which received a division one rat-ing across the board, at the march-ing contest will bring it. The cheerleaders will bring it, and how about those STRUTTERS?

Bridge City Cardinal Tyler Roberts pushes through the Silbee Tiger defense. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

Matt Menard in action against Silsbee. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

Bridge City Cardinals

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back in the second quarter with a pick of their own as De-Carlos Renfro caught the only Orangefield completion of the night and took it 80 yards to put the Mustangs on the board. Kicker Jerquis Beasley hit the PAT and WO-S was up, 7-6.

The “never give up” Bobcats played the clock game and moved the ball down the field, scoring just before the half to go up, 14-7.

Utilizing the legs of run-ning back Britton Lindsey, the Mustangs answered back right after the half with a 30-yard run up the middle to tie the game. Just minutes later, Ren-fro caught a crucial 29 yard pass on third down to set the Mustangs up down close to the goal. After three incom-plete passes, Beasley tacked three on with a 21-yard field goal.

“We have to put Orangefield behind us and look forward to Bridge City on Friday night,” Thompson said. “We have to move the ball better this

week.”Bridge City (6-1) is coming

off of a 6-0 win over Silsbee (6-1). The game was tied at zero until late in the third quarter when quarterback Matt Men-ard completed an 11-yard pass to Tyler Roberts for the score.

“Bridge City is a spread team with all of their skill people back from last year,” Thomp-son said. “Several of those guys have been starting for three or four years.”

Bridge City’s offense is av-eraging 357 yards per game while the WO-S Chain Gang defense is limiting opponents to 213. The WO-S offense is churning out 296 yards per game while the Cardinal de-fense is limiting opponents to just 208.

The game is set for a 7 p.m. start time at Dan R. Hooks Stadium. Tickets for the home side can be purchased Wednesday 1-3, Thursday 9-12 and 1-3 and Friday morn-ing 9-12.

The Middle School Stal-lions swept Orangefield this

past week at Orangefield while both the ninth grade and JV teams lost at home. Scoring for the ninth grade was Grant LaPointe on a two-yard run and Dee Wofford on a 16-yard pass and scoring for the JV team was Will Johnson with a 3-yard run and Maurice Mor-ris with a 20-yard reception for six. Dwain Boullard scored the two-point conversion. Ninth grade lost to Orange-field’s JV, 18-12 while the JV lost to Jasper, 22-14.

The seventh grade B team (4-0) defeated Orangefield, 36-0. Scoring for the Stal-lions was Ronald Carter 26 yard run, Devin Ivey 22 yard run – two-point run was good, Keondrick Barlow 23 yard fumble return for touchdown, Jaden Robinson 43 yard run – two-point run by D’Cobien Dorsey, Carter 20 yard run-two-point run by Carter. De-fensive Standouts were Skylar Roberts, Tarek Riley, Victor Willie, Brandon Jenkins. The seventh grade A team (4-0, 2-0) defeated Orangefield, 34-0. Scoring for the Stallions on the night was KJ Miller 51-yard run, Jack Dallas 22-yard run - 2 point conversion run by Miller, Keyshawn Holman 3-yard run, Miller 81-yard run, Dominic Tezeno 12-yard run-two-point conversion run by Keion Hancock. Offensive standouts were Malick Phil-lips, Jalen Powdrill, and Justin Brown. Defensive standouts were Tezeno - interception, Dakota Quebodeaux, Corey Skinner, Tre Guillory.

The eighth grade Stallions started off the night slow by giving up 16 unanswered points. They then settled down, and drove the ball down the field and

Trey Baldwin capped off the drive with a 6 yard run. Dil-lon Sterling added the two-point conversion making the score, 16-8. The defense then took over and Baldwin inter-cepted a pass and returned it 61-yards for a touchdown. The conversion failed and the score stood, 16-14. In the third

quarter the Stallion offense stalled and that is when Bald-win took the fake punt, on 4th and 18, 42 yards for the score! The conversion failed. The de-fense continued to bend and not break keeping the Bobcats out of the end zone until the fourth quarter when they tied it up, 22-22 and the Stallion D once again answered the call by denying the 2pt conver-sion. With 57 seconds left in the game the Stallions started their drive on their own 14 yard line. On 3rd and 1 with 13 sec-onds left, Trey Baldwin went the distance of 82 yards for the score with no time on the clock! The Stallions won the game, 28-22. Standouts on of-fense are Malacci Hodge, Tris-ten Scott, Baldwin, and Kobe Kolbert. Defensive standouts were JaDarris Thompson, Dil-lion Sterling, Ledarian Carter, TJ Rhodes, and JaVontae John-son. (Thanks to the middle school coaches for the write-ups!)

The Lady Mustang volley-ball team will wrap up their season at home Friday with a 4:30 start time at the Mus-tang gym. The four seniors, Ashleigh Kelly, Jada Semien, Quinice Austin and Athenee Jefferson will be honored be-fore the game.

Please come out and support Mustang athletics this week. The middle school football teams will play at home Thurs-day while the freshmen and JV teams will play in Bridge City. Varsity football and volleyball will play home. Remember to cheer on the team and leave the bad-mouthing at home. These are 15, 16, 17 and 18-year olds that are represent-ing WO-S and they need the crowd to yell for them.

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Orangefield Bobcats From Previous Page

with the ball on the Mustang side of the field.

Neither team was able to get anything going on offense early in the game. Mid-way thru the first quarter, Orange-field’s Levi Shores intercepted a Mustang pass and was able to return it for a touchdown. With point after failing, the Bobcats held a 6-0 lead.

Early in the second quarter Orangefield recovered a Mus-tang fumble, only to have the WO-S defense come up with a big play of their own, inter-cepting an Ackerman pass and returning it for a touchdown. Mustangs lead 7-6.

Orangefield showed that they came to play. The Bobcats continued their ball control, steady offense. The Bobcats had a first and goal on the four and finally scored on third and

one with a Carl Wiley dive up the middle, followed by a two point conversion to go into halftime with a 14-7 lead.

The Mustangs held the Bob-cats on their first possession of the second half forcing the Bobcats to punt. On their next possession, the Mustangs followed up by scoring on a 30 yard run up the middle by Britton Lindsey at 8:48 of the third quarter and the point after was good, the score was tied a 14-14.

The Mustang defense was able to hold off Orangefield’s offense and at 4:37 of the third quarter, the Mustangs scored with a field goal by Jerquis Beasley giving them a 17-14

lead.At 4:54 of the fourth quar-

ter, Orangefield created one more opportunity to take the lead when Jake Best recovered a WO-S fumble at the Mustang 26. The Bobcats drove down to the WO-S 11 yard line and on fourth and six with 1:46 on the clock, attempted a 28 yard field yard that went just wide right, bringing the Bobcats drive and chance of victory to an end.

WO-S ran out the clock se-curing their victory leading them into next week’s game against Bridge City tied with the Cardinals for the lead in the district race.

mad. They started play on their own 17 yard line and in nine plays took the ball across the goal line again. The high point of that drive was a 66 yard run by Montana Quirante. Another good PAT and the Pi-rates were ahead by a score of 24-7 with one minute on the clock.

The Pirates kicked and the Bears started their possession on the 14 yard line. The second and ten was blown apart by Pirates J.B. Smith and Zayne Simmons. The pair got through the offensive line and dropped the Bear quarterback for a safety. The board now showed 26-7, Pirates still in the lead.

The safety punt put the Pirates in pos-session on the 45 yard line. On the first play Smallwood found an open hole in the defense and made a 55 yard run to cross the goal line. Clayton’s accurate foot on the PAT brought the score to 33-7 with 11:49 on the clock.

The Bears stalled and the Pirates took the ball to field goal range. Clayton knocked a 25 yard shot over the poles and made the score 36-7.

For the rest of the game the Bears played hard, but time was against them. Their last hurrah was a 12 play, 80 yard drive that ended with Kyle Herfurth crossing over from the one yard line. Manuel’s good PAT ended the game with a score of 36-14.

The ending stats showed both teams with 15 first downs. LCM controlled the air with 150 yards passing compared to Vidor’s 23. Rushing was a different matter the Bears only gained 60 yards compared to Vidor’s 395.

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St. Mary Hornet volleyball victorySt. Mary Catholic School Hornet’s volleyball season ended with

A BIG victory over the undefeated Legacy Warriors. They had total dedication on the court, had a goal and never stopped until they got it!

Pictured are back row, left to right: Mrs. Bandiero (Coach), A Team Members: Elizabeth Guillot, Kaitlyn Braquet, Morgan Lindsey, Alexis Cox, Madison Miller, Madison Taggart and Mason Pierce.

Front row, left to right B Team Members: Joanna Henry, McCart-ney Miller, Krystal Lester, Lydia Covington, Megan Do, Shelby Smith and Grace Nichols.

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Wishing Luck to LCM During Their HomecomingWishing Luck to LCM During Their Homecoming

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Go Bears! Good Luck!

LCM Homecoming

Brilon Douglas, Darian Buchanan, Ian Patsfield, Manessah Cox, Preston Armstrong, Conner Hanks, Hayden Reed, Kourtney Derouen, Reid Fults, Jordan Parker, Kyle Herfurth and Payton Burns.

Coleton Boudreaux, Becky Davis, Casey Viator, Tara Thompson, Demi Sheppard and Alex Sezar.

Jace Robertson, Haley Wright, Jacob Richard, Kyana Peterson, Trent Manuel and Harlie Joe Sorge.

October 19 - Wednesday

2:00 p.m. - Miller Book Bunch Book Discussion at R. C. Miller Memorial Library 1605 Dowlen Road, Beaumont, 409-866-94874:00 p.m. - Orange County Farmers’ Market. Parking lot of Big Lots on MacArthur Drive in Orange. 409-882-7010.5:30 p.m. - FRESH START - Tobacco Cessation Progra.m. at CHRISTUS – St. Elizabeth McFaddin-Ward Cancer Cen-ter, 690 N. 14th St, Beaumont, 866-683-3627 8:00 p.m. - 10 YEARS w/ spe-cial Guests Hell or Highwater, In Elements and the Hunger at Ford Park’s SRO at Ford Park’s SRO 5115 IH-10 South, Beau-mont, 409-951-5440

October 20 - Thursday

9:00 a.m. - International Credit Union Day at All Du-Pont Goodrich Federal Cred-it Unions, 409-923-143610:00 a.m. - Free and Extended Third Thursdays at Spindle-top-Gladys City Boomtown 5550 University Drive, Beau-mont, 409-835-082311:00 a.m. - CASA of South-east Texas Day at Chili’s at Chili’s 110 IH 10 South, Beau-mont, 409-832-125312:00 p.m. - Pink Power Net-work Support Group at Baptist Hospital Dauphin Center 740 Hospital Drive, Ste. 140, Beau-mont, 409-833-36635:00 p.m. - Pink Power Net-work Support Group at Ju-lie Rogers Gift of Life 2390 Dowlen Road, Beaumont, 409-833-36636:00 p.m. - Gladys City Nights at Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown 5550 University Drive, Beaumont, 409-835-

08236:00 p.m. - Photoshop Ele-ments 8.0 at Lamar State College Orange 410 Front Avenue, Orange, 409-882-33216:30 p.m. - Girl Scout sign up at St. Stephen’s Church Broce Hall 4090 Delaware, Beau-mont, 409-926-65826:30 p.m. - 1940s Fashion Show at McFaddin Ward Visitors Center 1906 Calder , Beaumont, 409-832-19067:00 p.m. - Jefferson Starship in Concert at Nutty Jerry’s 18291 Englin Road, Winnie, 877-643-7508 7:15 p.m. - Master Hip Hop Class with Brent Smith at City Dance Center 3015 Dowlen Rd., Ste 270, Beaumont, 409-832-77727:30 p.m. - B B & Co Featuring Britt Godwin & Bubba Moore - Classic Country at MacK-enzie’s Pub 229 Dowlen Road #9B, Beaumont, 409-866-2288

October 21 - Friday

5:00 a.m. - National Mam-mography Day at Southeast-Texas, 409-833-36637:00 a.m. - Kountze Big Thick-et Trade Days at Hwy 69 North, Kountze, 409-246-34139:00 a.m. - Anayat House Day of Service at Anayat House 2675 McFadden, Beaumont, 409-833-094911:30 a.m. - Bra-VO! Fridays at Art Museum of Southeast Texas 500 Main, Beaumont, 409-833-36637:00 p.m. American Legion Post 49 Pool Tournament, 108 Green Ave in Orange. 409-330-4847.7:00 p.m. - Tracy Lawrence LIVE in Concert at Whiskey River 3871 Stagg, Beaumont, (409) 832-29997:30 p.m. - Tenative* Twisted

Tales of Terror Performances at Port Arthur Little Theater 4701 Jimmy Johnson Blvd, Port Arthur, 409-727-72588:00 p.m. - Angel Siren at The Gig 240 Crockett Street, Beau-mont, 409-839-18088:00 p.m. - 2011 FALL CLAS-SIC GRAND FINALE of the RACE SEASON at Golden Triangle Raceway Park 16583 Highway 90, Beaumont, 409-752-7200

October 22 - Saturday

6:30 a.m. - Orange County Farmers’ Market. Parking lot of Big Lots on MacArthur Drive in Orange. 409-882-7010.7:00 a.m. - Kountze Big Thick-et Trade Days at Hwy 69 North, Kountze, 409-246-34137:30 a.m. - Book Fair 5K Race and 5K Fa.m.ily Fun Run/Walk at All Saints’ Episcopal School 4108 Delaware, Beau-mont, 409-892-17558:00 a.m. - Farmer’s Market

at Beaumont Athletic Com-plex 950 Langham. at College, Beaumont8:30 a.m. - Apostles Build Work Day at 3315 Lorilee, Beaumont8:30 a.m. - Twogether Mar-riage Workshop - Port Arthur at La.m.ar State College Port Arthur 1520 Proctor Street, Student Ctr. 4th Floor, Rm 422, Port Arthur9:00 a.m. - Twogether Mar-riage Workshop - Jasper at 21st Century Community Learning Center 1013 Helen Street, Jasper, 409-833-2668, ext. 119 or 1229:30 a.m. - Saturday Adven-ture Series: Vegetable Can-ning 101 at Shangri La Bo-tanical Gardens and Nature Center 2111 West Park Av-enue, Orange, 409-670-979910:00 a.m. - Beaumont Chil-dren’s Museum: Touch a Truck Day at Bennie Hickman Agri-cultural Science Center 6150 North Keith Road, Beaumont, 409-651-8435

10:00 a.m. - 3-D Family Day at Stark Museum of Art 712 Green Avenue, Orange, 409-886-27872:00 p.m. - Casas for CASA Playhouse Event Drawing at Parkdale Mall 69 and Dowlen Road, Beaumont, 409-832-22722:30 p.m. - Women’s Self-Es-cape Training at Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City 1145 Texas Avenue, Ste B, Bridge City, 920-14626:00 p.m. - Painting with a Twist: DATE NIGHT Three Mile Bridge at Painting With A Twist 229 Dowlen Road Ste 11A, Beaumont, 409-866-03997:00 p.m. - Triangle AIDS Net-work: Hallowqween at The Art Studio 720 Franklin, Beau-mont, (409) 832-83387:30 p.m. - Tenative* Twisted Tales of Terror Performances at Port Arthur Little Theater 4701 Jimmy Johnson Blvd, Port Arthur, 409-727-72588:00 p.m. - 2011 FALL CLAS-SIC GRAND FINALE of the RACE SEASON at Golden Triangle Raceway Park 16583 Highway 90, Beaumont, 409-752-7200

October 23 - Sunday

7:00 a.m. - Kountze Big Thick-et Trade Days at Hwy 69 North, Kountze, 409-246-34139:00 a.m. - Faith in Action Sunday at First United Meth-odist Church at First United Methodist Church 701 Calder Avenue, Beaumont , 409-832-0295 Ext 2012:00 p.m. - Fall Ball, Week 5 at Ford Fields 5110 IH-10 South, Beaumont, 409-951-54002:30 p.m. - Tenative* Twisted Tales of Terror Performances at Port Arthur Little Theater 4701 Jimmy Johnson Blvd, Port Arthur, 409-727-7258

October 24 - Monday

7:00 a.m. - Baptist Beaumont Hospital Blood Drives at Beau-mont Baptist Hospital 3080 College Street, Beaumont, 409-212-614510:00 a.m. - Passport to Girl

Scouting Training for Adults at San Jacinto Girl Scouts, Beaumont, 832-0556 ext 10011:00 a.m. - Julie Rogers’ Gift of Life: Make Mondays Matter at Casa Ole in Southeast Texas1:00 p.m. - Real Women, Real Life, Real Answers (Support Group) at Hope Women’s Resource Clinic 1155 IH-10 North, Beaumont, 409-898-40055:00 p.m. - Diabetes Lifestyle Education Classes - Beaumont at Christus Outpatient Pa-vilion 755 N. 11th Street, Ste P1058, Beaumont, 409-899-75556:00 p.m. - Suicide Survivor Support Group at Christ Com-munity Church 415 South 11th St, Beaumont, 409-833-96576:00 p.m. - Caregiver Support Group for Alzheimer/De-mentia at Port Neches United Methodist Church 1826 Nall, Port Neches, 409 727-67186:30 p.m. - Caregiver Support Group for Alzheimer/Demen-tia at Calder Woods Retire-ment Community 7080 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, (409) 861-1123 7:30 p.m. - Young Franken-stein at Lutcher Theater 707 W. Main, Orange, 409-886-5535

October 25 - Tuesday

11:00 a.m. - Beaumont Chil-dren’s Museum Day at Chili’s at Chili’s Grill & Bar 110 IH 10 South, Beaumont, 409-832-12535:00 p.m. - Diabetes Lifestyle Education Classes - Beaumont at Christus Outpatient Pa-vilion 755 N. 11th Street, Ste P1058, Beaumont, 409-899-75557:00 p.m. - Girl Scout sign up at Our Mother of Mercy Cath-olic Church 390 Sarah Street, Beaumont, 409-926-65827:00 p.m. - Wolves of South-east Texas at Shangri La Bo-tanical Gardens 2111 West Park Ave, Orange, 409-670-97997:30 p.m. - Ed Dix Jazz Quartet & Friends at MacKenzie’s Pub 229 Dowlen Road, #9B, Beau-mont, 409-866-2288

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The Stark Museum of Art, in Orange, Texas, invites families to 3-D Family Day on Saturday, Oct. 22, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Admission is free, and all ages are welcome.

3-D Family Day will high-light sculptures from the Stark collection. Children can search for clues during a scavenger hunt inside and outside the Museum to win a prize. Visitors will learn about sculpting processes such as bronze casting and stone carving at the Museum.

A highlight of this Family Day will be three-dimensional art activities. Visitors can build three-dimensional structures with a variety of materials at art stations throughout Fam-ily Day. Families can listen to a story about sculpture at the reading station.  Complimen-

tary refreshments will also be available.

Amelia Wiggins, Public Programs Educator, welcomes the public, saying, “We invite families to 3-D Family Day to sculpt together and learn about art in three dimensions at the Museum. One of the fun projects we have planned is making found-object robot sculptures.” Wiggins reminds the public that the Museum welcomes all ages, but chil-dren under 12 must be accom-panied by an adult.

Families will also have the opportunity to view newly renovated galleries showcas-ing the permanent collection, as well as the special exhi-bition Visions of the West. This exhibition explores how the land, wildlife, individu-als, conflicts and communi-ties shape our concepts of the American West. Visions of the West will be on view through

December 31, 2011.Located at 712 Green Av-

enue in Orange, Texas, the Stark Museum of Art is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Admission is free for all ages. Group tours are available by appointment. For more in-formation call 409.886.ARTS (2787) or visit www.starkmu-seum.org.

Stark Museum of Art Hosts 3-D Family Day on Oct. 22Staff ReportFor The Record

Girl painting: Stark Museum of Art visitors will have the opportu-nity to create their own sculptures at 3-D Family Day on October 22.

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Workshop to be hosted by Solid Rock Baptist Church

Solid Rock Baptist Church in Orange is having a Missionary Society Marriage and Counseling, Singles and Widowers work-shop to be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 30.

Sister Kerrie Anne Nash, first lady of Solid Rock Baptist Church, Port Arthur and Co-Pastor Fannie Williams of Pleasant Grove Church in Lake Charles, La. will be their special guest messengers. Pastor of Solid Rock, Port Arthur is Richard Keaton Nash. Pleasant Grove Church paster is Alfred Williams Sr.

Solid Rock Baptist Church is located at 1207 Link Ave.Pastor Curley Richard invites the public to, “Come and be

blessed by the Lord.” For more information call 409-886-5387. 

First United Methodist to host Wednesday Night Live classes

The community is invited to participate in First United Meth-odist Church’s Wednesday Night Live classes. Fall classes began Sept. 14 and run through Nov. 16. A light supper will be served at 5 p.m. with classes beginning at 6 p.m.

Programs for the fall include: Prayer Shawl Ministry, “Why?” by Adam Hamilton, “Confronting Controversies” by Adam Hamilton, Beth Moore’s study of Revelation “Here and Now, There and Then,” Dr. Dobson’s “Bringing Up Girls,”and “Disci-ple III Bible Study.”

Youth will view and discuss “Soul Surfer.” Kindergarten through fifth graders will be participating in “Way to Go “A Guided Tour Through God’s Greatest Commandment.”

A nursery is provided for infants through preschoolers. FUMC is located at 502 North Sixth Street; the meal is served

in the Praise Center located on the corner of Pine and Fifth streets.

For more information, including the cost of materials, please call the church office, 409-886-7466.

Faith United Methodist to host ‘Faithkidz’The United Methodist Church in Orange will host an action

packed mid-week adventure for kindergarten through fifth graders each Wednesday beginning Sept. 21 and run through Dec. 14. Faithkidz will begin at 5:15 p.m. and last until 6:16 pm.

Children will experience new adventures, new friends, and re-ceive large doses of encouragement in a Christian setting!  Each evening begins with upbeat music, video, exciting games, crafts, puppets, singing,  Bible stories, and snacks.

This is free to the public, but those interested must register. For more information contact Martha Hoefner 409-346-4017, O’Clair Vaughn 409-201-4208 or 409-769-0230

Find out more on our  website www.faithumc-orange.org

Cowboy Church to celebrate fourth anniversaryThe Cowboy Church of Orange county will celebrate their

fourth anniversary on Sunday Oct. 23. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. The Cowboy Cross band will be performing as well as a variety of events will be scheduled in the arena. The newly pur-chased replica of an 1800s style chuck wagon will be on display. After the service they will be serving a traditional dinner on the ground. Everybody is welcome and all events are free to the pub-

lic. The church is located at 673 FM 1078 in Orange. For more information, please contact Pastor Dale Lee at 409-718-0269, or Pam Scales Crew at 409-313-7779.

Cowboy Church to host Buckle Series PlaydaysThe community is invited to join the Cowboy Church of Or-

ange County for their last Buckle Series Playdays of 2011, the last playday is Oct. 29. Events include barrels, poles, flag race, baton race and speed race. Buckles will be awarded for overall high point for each age group. Special classes are lead line, mutton bustin’ and stick horse race with special awards also given at end of series. Western attire required; hat, sleeved shirt, jeans and boots. Current negative coggins and signed release form re-quired. Everyone is welcome. For more information contact Debbie Vance at 409-745-0656.

First Baptist Church in Orange to host Upward Basketball

Upward Basketball registration has begun at First Baptist Church in Orange. The basketball program for children is open for boys and girls in kindergarten through sixth grade. Cost per child is $68 if registered by Oct. 27. Late registration is open un-til Nov. 10 and will cost $78 per child. Upward Basketball not only focuses on teaching basketball skills but also good team building relationships and bibilical values. Parents may register their children by printing a registration form from the church’s website, www.fbco.org and mailing it to the church at FBC-O,  P.O. Box 1453, Orange, TX 77631 or by coming to the church and registering at the office. The church is located at 602 W. Green Avenue in downtown Orange.  Basketball evaluations will take place beginning Nov. 7. Practices begin the week of Jan. 2. The first game will be Jan, 14. For more information, please con-tact Jason Fuller at First Baptist Church, 886-7461 or email info@fbco.org.

Wesley United Methodist to host Fall Festival Oct. 30

On Sunday, Oct. 30, Wesley United Methodist Church, locat-ed at 401 North 37th Street in Orange, will host a Fall Festival from 2 to 4 p.m. The community is invited to attend this trunk-r-treat. Games, hayrides, food, candy a moonwalk and more will be available to all.

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CHURCH BRIEFS

First Baptist Church Orangefield

9788 F.M. 105 Orangefield, 409-735-3113

Pastor Forrest WoodSun.: Bible Study - 9:30 a.m., Worship Service - 10:30 a.m., Evening Worship- 6:30 p.m.

Wed.: Midweek Meal- 5:30 p.m.,

Praise & Prayer - 6:30 p.m. Youth & Children Activities,

7:15 p.m. - Choir PracticeEmail: office@fbcof.com

www.fbcof.com

St. Paul United Methodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City

409- 735-5546Pastor Brad Morgan

office@stpaulfamily.orgSun. Mornings: Worship Experience - 8:15 a.m.;

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m.

(Nursery provided at all services)

For Mid & Sr. High YouthSun. Afternoon:

3:30 to 6 p.m. Sun. Evening : Taizé

Service - 7 p.m.For Children Ages 4–10 on

Wednesday evening –6 to 7 p.m. – JAM (Jesus &

Me) Club

Apostolic Pentecostal Church

IH-10 at Highway 62, Orange

(409) 745-3973Rev. Leo Anderson

Sun. Morning at7:30 a.m. on A.M. 1600 KOGT Radio

Sun.: 2 p.m. • Tues: 7:30 p.m. 24 Hour Prayer Line:

409-779-4703•409-779-4702

Back to God Fresh Anointing Ministries

1011 10th St., Suite 108, Orange

409-779-3566•409-883-0333backtoGodnow@gmail.comwww.backtogodfreshanoint-

ingministries.comPastor Gerald Gunn

Co-Pastor Pearlie GunnSun. School 9:45 a.m.

Sun. Morning Worship 11 a.m.Tues. Night Bible

Study 7 p.m.Men of Valor & Women of

Warfare classes on Thur. 7 p.m.

First United Methodist Church

502 Sixth Street, Orange 409-886-7466

Pastor: Rev. John WarrenDir. of Fine Arts & Music:

Doug RogersOrganist: Justin SandersDir. of Youth & Christian

Education: Allisha BonneauxSun.: Worship in the

Chapel: 8:15 a.m., Celebration Service

in Praise Center: 8:55 a.m.,Sunday School

for all ages: 9:50 a.m.Worship in the

Sanctuary: 11 a.m., UMYF & Methodist

Kids: 5 p.m.www.fumcorange.org

West Orange Christian Church

900 Lansing Street, W.O.409-882-0018

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.Sunday Worship

10:40 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Evening - 6 p.m.

“Our church family wel-comes you!”

Cowboy Church of Orange County

673 FM 1078 Orange409-718-0269

E. Dale Lee, Pastor Sunday Worship Service

10:30 a.m. “Round Pen” (Small Group)

Studies: Men’s group: 7 p.m.

Mondays, Ladies’ group: 6:30 p.m.

ThursdaysCome as you are!

Boots & hats welcome!

First Christian Church of Orangefield

4234 FM 408 (between BC & Orangefield) 409-735-4234

Minister Jim HardwickSunday School: 9 a.m.;

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: Prayer & Bible Study 7 p.m.

Nursery providedFor a ride, call 735-4234

Trinity Baptist Church

1408 W. Park Ave. @ 14th Street, Orange

Office: 886-1333 Pastor Dr. Bob Webb

Worship Leader Dan CruseSun. Morning

Worship 11 a.m.Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Nursery Provided

Miracle Restoration Revivals Church

608 Dogwood St., Orange 409-883-5466

Residing Pastor Rev. Larry DoucetFounding Pastor

Rev. Tunney Vercher Sr.Sunday Worship:10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday night Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday night Bible Study 7 p.m.

Orange First Church of the

Nazarene

3810 MLK Drive, OrangeLead Pastor: Ray McDowell

Music Pastor: Bruce McGraw

Youth Pastor: Michael PiggChildren’s Pastor: Marilyn

BallSunday School 9:45 a.m.

Celebration Service 10:45 a.m.

Prayer Service: 6 p.m.Wednesday Service: 7 p.m.

Everyone Welcome!

First Baptist Church of Bridge City

200 W. Roundbunch, BCOffice: 409-735-3581

Fax: 409-735-8882www.fbcbc.org

Rev. Bob Boone, PastorSunday Schedule: Traditional

Worship - 8:15 a.m.; Bible Study at 9:30 a.m.;

Celebration Service - 10:45 a.m.; CSI, Youth Bible Study,

Discipleship Classes - 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday Schedule: Prayer Meeting - 6:30 p.m., Youth

Worship “Living Stone”

Harvest Chapel

1305 Irving Street, Orange409-882-0862

Ruth Logan Burch, PastorSun. Morning 10 & 11 a.m.

Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Service 5 p.m.

Echo Church1717 FM 3247, Orange

409-735-8580Pastor George A. Cruse Jr.Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

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The Cowboy Church of Orange County will celebrate its fourth anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 23. The activities will kick off with a band concert beginning at 10 a.m. with the service to follow at 10:30.

After the service, the church will provide a lunch of brisket, chicken, sausage, and hot dogs to those who attend. After lunch, the action will shift to the Cowboy Church Rodeo Arena for lots of different and fun activities. Some of these will include mut-ton bustin’, calf ridin’, steer ridin’, junior bulls ridin’, and calf dressing.

Other activities will include a boot race and a stick horse race; a timed obstacle course; a barrel race where team members will carry a rider, holding a chicken, on a drum around the barrel pattern; a hay wall where team members carry a goat over the wall; a goat tunnel where the team members and a goat move through a tunnel; a saddle-up race where each team must blan-ket and saddle a horse and then have one person ride the horse around a barrel and back and then remove the saddle and blan-ket; a ski race where one person on each team carries a chicken; a three-legged race; and, believe it or not, even a poop throw (only at Cowboy Church!)

All of these games will be fun for the participants and maybe even more fun for those folks watching! The public is invited to attend the worship service and all of the activities to follow.

For its first two years, the church met in a horse barn on Lane of the Oaks, just north of Bridge City. The barn had no heat or air conditioning, so it got very cold in winter and very hot in

summer. Still the people came faithfully. By the end of those first two years, the church was running close to 200 people in average attendance.

Then the church moved into its present facilities on twenty-five acres at 673 FM 1078 in Orange where they have seen their attendance more than double. The church intentionally focuses on people of the western heritage or cowboy culture, yet every-one is welcomed to attend its laid back, come-as-you-are ser-vices. The church meets in worship each Sunday at 10:30 AM with coffee, juice, and donuts available at 10 a.m.

Services include music led by their own country western band, the Cowboy Cross Band, personal testimonies, and simple, easy-to-understand preaching. There are no offering plates past at the church. Those who want to contribute financially may place their offerings in designated boots, barrels, or milk cans.

At the close of each service, during the invitation time, folks may make their spiritual decisions where they’re seated without going to the front.

The pastor and the lay pastors are available to talk with them privately after the service. Folks who want to be baptized may either do so in the horse trough inside or in the pond outside.

A children’s church for birth through fifth grade takes place at the same time as the worship service.

The adults have their small group meetings, called Round Pens, on Monday evenings, and the youth have their meetings on Wednesday evenings in their own brand new building.

Pastor Dale Lee explains that God has done many great things through this church and that they are excited to see what He will do in the years ahead. For more information, the pastor may be contacted at 409-718-0269.

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GROWING CORRECTIONAL Foodservice Company seek-ing Cook Supervisor for our Orange County location. Competitive pay, Health Ins., PTO, and 401K. Must be able to pass a background check. If interested, please contact Pat Templin 214-729-0765 fax resume to 214-821-8310, or by email: pat@five-starcorrectional.com/

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USED APPLIANCES, start-ing at $99.95 & up, Harry’s Appliances, 302 10th. St. (10th. & main), Orange, We buy used appliances, 886-4111.

FURNITUREKING SIZE BEDROOM Suite for sale: includes ‘Select Comfort’ air mattress, 12-drawer pedestal, 9-drawer dresser w/mirror, 5-drawer chest of drawers and 2-draw-er night stand. Dark pine. Asking $500 OBO. See after 5 p.m. 409-886-3233.

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$500 REWARD! For informa-tion resulting in arrest and conviction of person(s) who stole blue “Old Town” canoe from my porch on Cow Bayou and, or, $50 for return of canoe, (409) 332-9383.

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BEURWOOD GUITAR, $90; Mark II Guitar, $45; small first act dicovery, $15, (409) 883-8372.

2 SETS OF FORD RUNNING boards, 2 sofa beds, water cooler, (409) 886-0446.

2 50 GALLON PLASTIC DEER barrels, ready to use; tri-pod winch, $60, (409) 886-4105.IBOWFLEX $25; HAIRDRY-ER CHAIR, $50; Recumbent excercise bike, $50, (409) 745-3490.

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COMMERCIAL AND RESI-DENTIAL cleaning. Excellent references from longtime cus-tomers. 409-734-8096.

PETS & LIVESTOCKCKC REGISTERED CHI-HUAHAS 2 males, $300 and $350, (409) 313-6270. (10/19)

FREE KITTENS, to good homes, 2M & 2F, moma stayed in and had kittens, ready in 3 ro 4 weeks, (409) 221-5306.

RESCUE DOGS, spayed & neutered, needing good homes. Pet food donations welcome. (409) 746-9502.

PUBLIC NOTICES:GOLDEN TRIANGLE TOUGHLOVE is a self help parents support group for parents of children display-ing unacceptable behavior. Meets every Tues. at 7 pm. at Immaculate Conception education building, 4100 Lincoln (corner of Lincoln & Washington) in Groves. For more information call 962-0480.

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NOTICE TO ALLPERSONS HAVING

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DECEASEDNotice is hereby given

that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of BETTY MARIE GUILLORY, Deceased, were issued on September 29, 2011 in Cause No. P15956 pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: JOHN CALVIN GUILLORY.

The residence of such Executor is Orange County, Texas. The Post Office address is:JOHN CALVIN GUILLORY2809 23rd StreetOrange, Texas 77630

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being adminis-tered are required to pres-ent them within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.

DATED this the 11th day of October, 2011

Respectfully submitted,SANDERS & SANDERS, L.L.P

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CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF JAMES

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Notice is hereby given that original Letters Independent Administration for the Estate of JAMES WYNDELL MCDONALD, Deceased, were issued on October 12, 2011 in Cause No. P15972 pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: MINNIE CAROLYN MCDONALD.

The residence of such Executrix is Orange County, Texas. The Post Office address is:MINNIE CAROLYN MCDONALD 1015 West Bluff RoadOrange, Texas 77632

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being adminis-tered are required to pres-ent them within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.

DATED this the 13 day of October, 2011

Respectfully submitted,SANDERS & SANDERS, L.L.P

Alan SandersP. ALAN SANDERSState Bar No. 17602100707 Front AvenueP.O. Box 519Orange, Texas 77631-0519(409) 883-7495 Telephone1-866-868-9677 TelecopierE-Mail: asanders@

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PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES

THE STATE OF TEXAS

TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF JESSE M HERRING THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF HUE T. HERRING

Defendant, NOTICE: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days from the date of issuance of this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you. Said ANSWER may be filed at the District Clerk's Office at the Orange County Courthouse, 801 W. Division Ave. or by mailing it to 801 W. Division Ave., Orange, Texas 77630

Said PLAINTIFF'S ORIGINAL PETITION

was filed and docketed in the Honorable 128th District Court of Orange County, Texas at the District Clerk's Office at the Orange County Courthouse, 801 W. Division Ave., Orange, Texas on JULY 29, 2011 in this cause, numbered A-110298-C on the docket of said court, and styled,

BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP PlaintiffV.S.MARTY HERRING AKA MARTIN DOUGLAS HERRING, ET AL Defendant

The nature of plaintiff's demand is fully shown below:

Plaintiff Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, its successors and assigns by and through its attorney of record, Anthony Waddell of Barrett Daffin Frapper Turner & Engel, LLP, 15000 Surveyor Blvd., Addison, Texas 75001, 972-386-5040, brought suit against Defendants Marty Herring aka Martin Douglas Herring, Dana McKnight, Tuan Herring, the Unknown Heirs of Hue T. Herring, and the Unknown Heirs of Jesse M. Herring, to enforce the Loan Agreement on the property located at 3575 Ponderosa, Vidor, TX 77662 and legally described as:

BEING A TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 1.25 ACRES AND BEING ALL OF LOT NUMBER 15, AND PART OF LOT NUMBER 14 AND LOT NUMBER 16, BLOCK NUMBER 1 OF PECAN ACRES SUBDIVISION IN ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS, AS RECORDED IN VOLUME 5, PAGE 82, ORANGE COUNTY MAP RECORDS, SAID 1.25 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT 1/2-INCH IRON ROD FOUND IN THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF A PUBLIC ROAD KNOWN AS PONDEROSA, SAID CORNER BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT NUMBER 14 AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT NUMBER 13 OF SAID SUBDIVISION;

THENCE, NORTH 01 DEG. 18 MIN. 00 SEC. WEST, BASIS OF BEARINGS, ALONG TH EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID PONDEROSA STREET FOR A DISTANCE OF 113.68 FEET TO 3/4-INCH IRON ROD FOUND FOR CORNER AND BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT OF LAND HEREIN DESCRIBED;

THENCE, CONTINUING, NORTH 01 DEG. 18 MIN. 00 SEC. WEST, ALONG THE EAST OF RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID PONDEROSA STREET FOR A DISTANCE OF 200.82 FEET TO A 3/4-INCH ROD FOUND FOR CORNER;

THENCE, SOUTH 88 DEG. 42 MIN. 09 SEC. EAST, ALONG THE RESIDUE OF SAID LOT NUMBER 16 FOR A DISTANCE OF 272.29 FEET TO A FENCE FOOTING IN CONCRETE FOR CORNER;

THENCE SOUTH 01 DEG. 18 MIN. 00 SEC EAST, ALONG THE RESIDUE OF SAID LOT NUMBER 16, 15, AND 14 FOR A DISTANCE OF 200.82 FEET TO A FENCE FOOTING CONCRETE FOR CORNER;

THENCE, NORTH 88 DEG. 42 MIN. 00 SEC WEST, ALONG THE RESIDUE OF SAID LOT NUMBER 14 FOR A DISTANCE OF 272.35 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 1.25 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS.

The name and address of the attorney for plaintiff otherwise the address of Plaintiff is:

Anthony C. Waddell 15000 Surveyor Boulevard Suite 100 Addison, Texas 75001

ISSUED AND GIVEN under my hand and seal of said Court at Orange, Texas this the 6th day of OCTOBER A.D., 2011.

VICKIE EDGERLY,District ClerkOrange County, Texas

By: Charlean Lindsey Deputy

APARTMENTSVERY NICE AND CLEAN 1/1, Apt., ceramic tile floors, CA/H, Lg. all tile bathroom w/ vanity and mirrors, plenty of stor-age, all S.S. appliances, dish washer, nice size kitchen & dining, No Pets, $575 monthly + elec. & water and $400 dep., (409) 735-6277 or 626-1968. (ss)

NOW LEASING! 1/1 units at the Village and Southern Oaks Apartments, $450 to $575 monthly, we pay water / sewer and trash! Centrally located in the heart of wonder-ful Bridge City, minutes from local industry and Colleges, come take a look or give us a call. 245 Tenny Street in BC, (409) 735-7696 or 474-9731.

COMMERCIALNICE BRICK BUILDING, great office space just off Texas Ave., BC, totally remod-eled inside, $950 monthly, Call for an appointment to see @ (409) 735-2030. (M&R)

VERY NICE & REDECORATED, approx. 1,400 sq. ft., ready to go for 7 chair beauty salon, shampoo bowls, nail techs, lunch room, laundry room, 3 energy effi-cient AC/H units, lots of stor-age, concrete parking, yard maint. included. Also could be used as any type retail or office space, $900 monthly, (409) 735-6277 or 626-1968. (ss)

HOME RENTALS1/1 IN MAURICEVILLE, Log Cabin, in the woods, $550 monthly, Call for an appoint-ment to see @ (409) 735-2030. (M&R)

NICE BRICK 2/2, 2 car car-port, has ceiling fans, carpet and ceramic tile, CA/H, Lg. closets, W/D connections, kitchen has refrig / stove and dishwasher, $900 monthly + $500 dep., (409) 735-2030. (M&R)

3/2/2 IN OFISD, brick home, CA/H, stove and dishwasher provided, washer dryer hook-ups, 1,300 sq. ft., No Pets, $775 monthly + dep., (409) 735-3604. McLEWIS AREA, 2/1, Happy Home Dr., $550 monthly, (409) 735-2030. (M&R)

3/2 ON 1 ACRE, BCISD, bus pick-up in drive way, $880 monthly + $880 dep., refer-ences req., (409) 735-3237 or 670-2620. (10/26)

3 BEDROOM IN BC, Blueberry St., $580 monthly + dep.; 1 bedroom Mobile Home in BC, E. Roundbunch Rd., $375 monthly, (409) 498-1573.

MOBILE HOME RENTALS

BC AREA , as little as $30 daily for rooms, M.H.’s by day or week, starting at $30 a day or weekly, 735-8801 or 734-7771. (cctfn)

2 BEDROOM IN BC, in Shady Estates, all appliances, $500 monthly + $200 dep. includes water and garbage, (409) 474-1518.

2 BEDRMS. W 2 FULL BATHS, CA/H, Lg. covered porch, all appliances, located in Shady Estates, BC, $650 monthly + dep., references req., (409) 474-1518.

HOME SALESBRIDGE CITY 3/1 BY OWNER, 175 Darby, 1,500 sq. ft., 69K, financing avail-able WAC, (409) 963-5594.

LAND & LOTSOVER AN ACRE, VICTORY Gardens, nice quiet neigh-borhood, water and electric ready, cement dr., perfect homesite, $28,000 OBO, Call Mike @ (409) 735-7680.

MOBILES OK!, 1.282 acres on 2 wooded lots in Mauriceville, LCMISD, MUDD water and sewer avail-able, financing available, WOODRIDGE LAND, (409) 745-1115.

430 HOLLY ST., BC, lots 28 - 29 - 25’ of 27 a n d 15’ of 30, $30,000, water and sewer tap paid; 450 Holly, 1 bedrm. house, zone B, buy ALL for $50,000, No Owner Finance, (409)735-5041.

READY TO MOVE ON! 1.993 acres in ofisd, concrete run-ners, MMUD water and sewer on site, WOODRIDGE LAND, (409) 745-1115.

5 ACRE RESTRICTED homesite, LCMISD, cleared land with 2 small ponds,

MUDD water and sewer avail-able, additional land available for purchase, WOODRIDGE LAND, (409) 745-1115.

MOBILE HOMES FOR SALES

2 BEDROOM IN BC, in Shady Estates, all appliances Refrig / microwave/ stove, ceramic tile, full bath, roomy and cute inside, #107 Hazel st., BC, $4,500, will finance with $1,000 down (409) 474-1518 or 474-2260.

‘09 16’ X 80’, LIKE NEW 3/2, stove refrig., dishwasher, new washer and dryer, priced to sell @ $29,900, (409) 735-3404.

AUTOMOBILES‘98 DODGE INTREPID, 149K miles, $2,395, (409) 746-2520.

‘68 FORD MUSTANG. GT Fastback, Automatic, runs and drives well, Price $6950, for details mail me at stephbo2@msn.com / 512-782-4586.

BOATS

BOREL BOAT. 15 1/2 ft length, 54 inches wide w/trailer and 90 HP Yamaha motor. Call 409-794-1367 or 409-883-0678.

TRAVEL TRAILERS

‘HUNTER’S SPECIAL! ‘00 Fleetwood Terry 23’ 5th. wheel, queen bed, jacknife sofa bed, dinette, slide out, $5,000, (409) 989-8116.

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‘98 CHEROKEE CLASSIC. 3 yrs old. Std body & fair for parts. Call Dee at 658-5225.

‘90 FORD F-150, straight 6, 5 spd. manual trans., good cond., $1,600; ‘98 Dodge Dakota, v-8, 5 speed man. trans., good cond., A/C, needs power steering pump, $1,200, (409) 221-0798 or 735-9729.

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Allow your light to shine unto the lives of our patients and their families by becoming a Hospice Volunteer! To inquire about our "Shiners" Youth Volunteer program (ages 12-17), or our Adult Volunteer Program. Please contact

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WED., 8490 EDGAR DR., BC, off Hwy 1442, 8 till 4. GIGANIC CLEAN OUT SALE! Antiques, china, collectables, Lots more of ev-erything! (409) 718-8725.

WED, 10225 HOLLY RIDGE, OF. 7am to 1pm. Nice wooden Bunk-bed, mattresses, recliner, dining table, chairs, like new Fisher Price dollhouse and accessories, desks, books, sinks, 49cc motorcycle, more.

SAT., 3681 McKNIGHT, BC, 0ff E. Roundbunch, corner of McKnight and Fishook, 8 till 2, No Early Birds! Harley Davidson jackets, chaps, belts, helmets, shirts, tops, H.D. antique Beer (1989) speakers, etc.

SAT., 110 MAYFLOWER, BC, 8 till ? All proceds to benefit Multi Deliverance Ministry, taking the homeless, prostitutes and addicted off the streets. Furniture, Wii games, DVD’s, electronics, More, Way too much to list!

SAT., 190 LOUISE ST., BC, in Sylvan Glades off Hwy 1442 (W. Roundbunch Rd.), 7 till ? Water skies, life jackets, tools, tow bar, New Wave Oven, Bowflex, Halloween costume, toys, boat gas tank, misc. household items, clothes and shoes, Much More!

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Never a bad time for a cork

Flat fish on the fly

CAPT. DICKIE COLBURNFOR THE RECORD

While in the process of record-ing last week’s segment of “Let’s Go Fishing” on KOGT, Gary Stelly asked, “When do you decide dur-ing a trip that it is time to switch over to fishing under a cork?”

Virtually all year long, at least one person in my boat is always fishing a tail under a Mauler type Cork. That decision was made for me in 1981 when Will Bullock handed me a box of Mansfield Maulers up on Toledo Bend. He and Capt. Bob Fuston of Red Bandana Charters were working together and Bob had just come up with the cigar shaped cork rigged on a piece of wire to help his clients more effectively fish pot holes in the grass on the lower coast.

I was guiding more on T-Bend than here at the time and those fifty or so corks never left the box for the better part of a year. When I fi-nally got around to trying them on Sabine Lake I quickly realized the value of Will’s gift.There was no grass on Sabine to negotiate with the Mauler rig, but it attracted fish like no other cork I had ever fished.

Thirty years later, improved versions of the Mauler are a staple in most fishing arsenals and for good reason. They will catch trout and redfish when all else fails. For the first several years I fished with the cork, I fished it only with a chartreuse or clear-flake beetle tied on a two foot leader.

Today, I seldom if ever fish the original cigar shaped cork. The more buoyant oval or cup shaped corks float a heavier jig and cast much easier. The key to making the cork more versa-tile is to not allow its lack of weight to dictate what bait you can fish under it. I never fish a jig head heavier than a quarter ounce and there are many days when I rig the tail on just a 4/0 Kahle hook for a slower fall.

The more expensive versions of the Mauler type cork are worth the money as they include a little more weight on the bottom of the wire running through the cork. The more flexible titanium wire also adds to the cost, but it will save you a lot of money over the long haul as the cheaper wire is stiff and crimps too easily.

I initially found that I had so many fish hit-ting the cork rather than the lure that I decided to add a split ring and treble hook to the cork itself and even went so far as to paint dots and stripes on a few of them. That proved to be both a bad and expensive idea. The trout would quickly tear the cork up with their teeth and the

redfish would demolish the entire rig every time they took a swipe at the cork!

To this day I continue to ex-periment with the Mauler rig and there seems to be no end to its versatility. I have shortened the wire, added beads, thrown away beads, added weight, and fished with leaders from one to six feet in length just to name a few of the more obvious changes. While I

most often fish a tail under the cork, I am now convinced that any lure that will sink will work for certain applications.

Three years ago, on a cold miserable day, I even rigged a Corky under one of these corks for a client that would have rather been raking leaves than standing in waist deep water in Cal-casieu lake. He was bored and was making very few casts anyway, so we just gave it a try rather than return to the boat and drink coffee while his buddies continued to fish.

You have to know that fishing a Corky prop-erly requires some practice and a lot of patience as you are generally trying to dupe just one oversized trout that thinks the bait is a strug-gling mullet. I only mention that because Dale’s Corky was hanging vertically under the cork and only moved when he occasionally remem-bered his bait was in the water and popped the cork.

By the time I netted his sixth fish, a seven pound personal best, everyone in the group was wading back to the boat hoping to find another cork. We generally fish a plastic tail under the rig, but also do well this time of the year fishing a Crazy Croaker under the cork and it is really just a mini-version of the larger Corky.

Whether we are fishing it or not at the time, there is always at least one spinning rod rigged up with a Mauler type cork in my boat year round. I prefer to fish them with a seven foot medium action spinning rod and 20-pound test braided line. The no-stretch factor is very ben-eficial when setting the hook on a long cast as the cork already produces a lot of resistance.

It has been my experience when fishing the rig on a casting rod that backlashes are much too frequent at the end of a long cast. They can also be tough to cast in a stiff wind and that seems to be the norm on the open lake rather than the exception.

In hind sight, I guess my answer to Gary’s question should have been, “My toughest deci-sion is when to switch from the cork to another technique rather than the other way around!”

Fall on Sabine Lake means many things to anglers, visions of giant trout crushing top water plugs and tailing redfish in the marsh. As grand as these visions are they don’t even come close to the fever pitch caused by the annual fall flounder run.

Sabine Lake has long been known as a great fishery and the backbone of that sta-tus was built on catching flounder. Anybody who reads outdoor publications knows this time of the year is one many of the writers and anglers who frequent Sabine Lake look forward to with great anticipation. This fall should be just as good.

Many anglers are well aware of different methods of catching flounder on both live bait and artificial lures. Everything from live mullet and shrimp to ultra-light jigs fished on spin-ning gear, they all work and they all catch fish. One method that is steadily gaining popularity in the flounder fishing world is using fly fish-ing gear.

Most folks don’t realize how effective using fly gear can be when targeting flounder, there are some times this method can be a real fish producer. Fly casters have a distinct advantage when it comes to combing shorelines or prob-ing marsh drains because they can follow up casts much quicker than a conventional angler.

A perfect example would be two anglers drifting down a shoreline, one is using a spin-ning rod and the other is using a fly rod. The angler throwing the spinning gear can make accurate casts and will catch their share of fish. The problem with the spinning gear is that once the bait is out of the strike zone it takes valuable time to retrieve the lure and make an-other cast.

During the time it takes to retrieve and re-

cast the boat has now drifted a considerable distance. Now the fly caster on he other hand can flat out pick apart some shoreline. By being able to pick up almost all the line that has been cast out a fly fisherman can keep their bait in the strike zone much longer than a conventional angler there-fore they cover more water in a shorter period of time.

Unlike pursuing other fish like redfish and speckled trout a fly fisherman doesn’t have be able to cast a mile and put the fly on a button. Casting to flounder is more like casting to areas, little indentions in the bank or some sort of shoreline cover. The soft sub-tle presentation the fly offers is also a bonus when targeting flounder. Standard shrimp or crab patterns work well, especially those with dumbbell eyes that have some weight to them.

My favorite fly is called the Dr. Miller flexi jig and is sold exclusively at Orvis fly shops. This little fly resembles the small jigs we throw on conventional tackle because it has a pair of synthetic rubber legs that look like a soft plas-tic. The #2 and #4 are the most useful sizes and they come in pink, white, and chartreuse.

“We sell a ton of these flies to our custom-ers who target flounder” says Marcos Enriquez of the Orvis Company store in Houston. “Most anglers like how the fly is heavy enough to touch the bottom while not being too difficult to cast” adds Enriquez, “The hooks these flies are tied on are also plenty tough enough to pen-etrate the hard mouth of a flounder.”

Armed with the right attitude and a willing-ness to learn an angler can certainly up their odds of catching more flounder at certain times of the year with fly gear. The added weapon to your fishing arsenal makes you a better angler and gives you alternate choices for chasing your favorite fish, even if that fish is a flounder.

CAPT. CHUCK UZZLEFor The Record